One flight, two flights and one more for good luck!

Hi everyone, 

Just want to let you know that we have made it from San Antonio to Houston to London! We are now waiting for our flight to Qatar which is followed by a 7-hour layover before heading to Entebbe. The team is in great spirits and we have gone from being the Magnificent 7 to the Saucy 7. Not as scandalous as it sounds. It's all because we ate at Chic Fil A for lunch and all the extra sauce is now traveling with us! A more appropriate name will be coming!!!

Ken Ramirez very graciously drove all our luggage to Houston (he and Naiya were going to Oregon and flew out of Houston as well). Julie was our chauffeur and let me tell you she can keep up with the best of them! It was a smooth ride and our timing was perfect. Entering the airport we were the first people in line for check in and didn't have any wait going through security! 

For a note of humor as we were in line to board out of Houston my phone rang. It was Porter Loring mortuary asking me if I wanted to pre-arrange my funeral. Awkward!!! A little ironic, but comical. 

Update: We have now made it to Qatar and the natives pronounce is Qatar… not Cutter! The airplane we travelled on was definitely a 5 star. It was a brand-new plane with all the modern conveniences. We all watched a movie or a two and tried to rest a little, but mostly to no avail. Tamara has spent the entire time sneezing. So, we might become the 7 dwarfs. So far Tamara has been deemed "sneezy" and Emma is "bashful". I'm not sure anyone will fight over "Dopey" or "Grumpy"!!! And "Happy" could be all of us! We have been told if we want to eat we have to do it during night time hours in honor of Ramadan.

 

Update: We had a great flight to Uganda; or we were SO tired none of us stayed awake to care. We landed in Entebbe right on time, paid for our visas without a problem and collected our bags. They were inspected by Customs but we got through with EVERYTHING intact! Kyemba was right there to meet us and we whisked our way to Banana Village, set out almost immediately again for the bank and to meet our old driver, Haji, for dinner. In typical Ugandan fashion he was over an hour late, and I was afraid we were going to fall asleep in our meal waiting for him. He did finally show up and it was great to see him again. He is still the smiling jokers I remember. He spent the evening shooting straw covers at different people!

 

So now we are back at Banana Village and collapsing. Tomorrow we head to Jinja for Internet and then finally to Musana where we can start serving…

 

Until then… thank you for being part of the team.

 

Suebee