The Entebbe airport is very small and it was a breeze going through the arrival process. Once I got my luggage and headed towards where people meet you I spotted Rebecca! Praise Jesus!
Michael came up to me first to get my luggage cart. At first I didn’t know who he was so I was about to fight him for taking my cart but then I recognized him from pictures. Michael is the “father” figure in My Father’s House. He is Ugandan. There were three of the girls from the house with them. Faith, one of Ruth’s sisters was one of them. Faith held me hand everywhere we went or had my arm wrapped around her. She is 8 years old and doesn’t speak much English. The other two girls with us did, though. It was raining when we went to the van and Rebecca said rain was a sign of blessings in Africa. I pointed to the suitcases with all the supplies and said “blessings.” I was so thankful everything arrived!!!!
We went to a shopping center to get the girls some shoes for school, a few school supplies and hooked up my internet card ($12 for a month. Thank you, JT!!!!) There was a food court there that we ate at. This was a huge treat for these girls. They had never been to the airport or been to this shopping center. Rebecca said white people tend to go to this particular shopping center. We ran into a Canadian man who also has a school close to Rebecca’s. We visited with him for a bit.
We took the girls to the dentist next. I could tell Faith was very scared about going so I tried to comfort her the best I knew how (given that I don’t speak Luanda!) After that we went to My Father’s House.
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