Fantastic Day

We are getting a huge thunderstorm right now and the signal is super low...sooo no pictures tonight sorry.

We had a fantastic day today. We left Soroti this morning to head back out to Oditel and man was that an adventure. The rain has been taking a serious toll on the road and in several places it was nearly impassable. At one point we had to ford a 'river' that was gushing over the road about a foot deep. Yup, definitely no shortage of rain here in Oditel and the Amuria district. So for all of you River members who have been praying for rain in Oditel for the past few months...pretty sure that your prayers have been answered and were gonna have floods soon if the rain keeps coming. Hopefully it will just stay slow and steady every day and these torrential downpours will ease up a little bit.

Once we got back we immediately headed out to the garden. It was 11am by the time we got here so everyone had finished working in the garden already. We had left the pastor in charge and were really hoping that they would be good stewards of the garden, really take ownership and continue to tackle the project even without the Mzungus here. AND THEY DID. We were amazed at how much they had gotten done. They finished making the furrows and planted over 2/3 of the Kassava. So weather permitting tomorrow, the garden should be finished. Luke and I are both really thrilled and very thankful for all the people here who have worked to make this garden a success already. The garden has already done wonders for the community and it is awesome to see them really taking the project over and getting things done. Really good to know that the seeds we are planting will be tended to once we are gone. I mean that literally and metaphorically.

We finished up the day with a great game of soccer with all the local boys here. It was a little rowdy but a ton of fun and to their astonishment the tall lanky Mzungu scored a goal.

Keep on Smiling.

Adam