My first few days in Uganda

This is our second day in Uganda  and I love it here! It's so beautiful. The city is a little bit crowded and crazy.  Cars, taxis,  motorcycles, bicycles and people everywhere. We saw a man driving with six or seven mattresses balanced on his motorcycle!
After a long journey here we got here at about 11 pm on Monday night. As soon as we got off the plane the humidity was overwhelming. It was so warm and stinky in the airport, too! One of the first people we saw when exiting the plane was a big old woman in a maroon dress. She was wearing gloves, a gown and a mask ( like a nurse with a patient on contact precautions would wear) and spraying each person's hands with sanitizer as we went by.  We then waited in a line and gave them our health screening form and visa paperwork. The health screening form was to see if anyone has ebola symptoms. They took our temperature then we were able to go get our visas.
Once we got all our luggage, we went outside where the Bandelmans and Kasigwas were waiting for us. We loaded up all our luggage and the instruments then went our separate ways. Karla, Laurie, Craig, Brandon and Travis are all in Kampala with Brian and Shelly Bandelman. That is a one hour drive from the airport. Stephen and I are in Jinja which was about a 2.5 hour drive. It didn't feel like a long drive to me after hours and hours on those airplanes. Lyzette and I talked the whole way. She is so sweet, I really like her!
We got to the house and unloaded all the stuff and they gave us a tour of the home. Then we prayed together, thanking God for our safe trip. We all sat and talked awhile. Then Stephen said he had already seen three geckos in the house. YIKES! so far I have only seen one. Jeff and Lyzette say they are harmless but I'm not a huge fan! So far, the only other critters I have seen are small bugs, nothing huge or scary!
I slept four hours, then got up and unloaded all the banjos, talked with Lyzette in the kitchen while she made breakfast. She made boiled potatoes, hard boiled eggs and toast. We had chocolate soy milk, mango juice and coffee. I then woke up Stephen with the "rise and shine" song so he could come eat breakfast with us all.
 After breakfast we took the drum set to the school and met some of the students. Francis and Rachel took us to the market in Jinja. That was pretty interesting. There are a lot of clothes and shoes, pruduce, meat, fish and household goods.  After that, we had goat and chips at a local fast food restaurant.
After dinner we went to their youth group that they hold at a community hall. They call it My Youth Talk. They did about 5-6 songs. The kids were all singing and dancing. The energy and the presence of God in that room was incredible. There were also some younger kids out on the porch watching through the windows singing along..they were too young for youth group but they come to listen from outside. The message was really good as well. I had a hard time staying awake near the end since I haven't had much sleep!
We got to bed at a decent hour last night and I feel much more rested today. We went to the music school today and Stephen set up the drum set. Tomorrow we will go to Kampala to see if we can find new cymbals for it. After we go to Kampala we will go to the Entebbe airport to pick up two girls from Alaska who will be doing a 2 week mission here.
Today we went to the girls' home. There are four young mothers and their babies. I had fun holding the babies and talking with the girls. I brought some cloth diapers for them and they seemed to like them. I  will be spending more time there and will be teaching them how to crochet.
Thank you for all your prayers and I will continue to keep you all updated.