Day 15: Blog Post by Dustin

Day 15 - Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 (posted by Dustin)

Today, we left Kumi and started our journey back home. We first drove to Jinja where we were able to see the “Source of the Nile”, the point where the Nile River meets Lake Victoria (the second largest freshwater lake in the world next to Lake Superior). We were able to take a short boat ride on the Nile which was refreshing. We also had a delicious lunch of fried tilapia (probably fresh from the Nile) and chips.





After Jinja, we made our way to Kampala. We ended up staying at the same hotel we had stayed at our first night in Kampala, the City Royal hotel. For dinner, Aeri suggested going to a Chinese restaurant she had been to many times before. This was a treat for the YCVM team for all of them, except Silver, had never had Chinese food before. Before they food came, we had fun teaching the YCVM team members how to do chopsticks. They were surprisingly quick learners and were able to pick up single peanuts. We had hot & sour soup, cream corn chicken soup, fried rice, cashew chicken, beef with black bean sauce, duck, lamb, tofu with mixed vegetables, bok choy, and gai lan (Chinese broccoli). The YCVM team really liked the lamb and the gai lan. For dessert, we had a couple plates of fresh pineapple, watermelon, and something that was carved into a nice pagoda. Dustin, Emma, and Patrick had fun taking bites out of the pagoda and trying to figure out what “fruit” it was. We eventually found out that it wasn’t a fruit and that it was just a large carrot.









Tomorrow, we’ll be completing our journey back home. We’ll probably be on our way once you receive this blog, so please pray for us!

Answers to Day 14 Questions:
1. Which person from YCVM used two walking sticks? Silver!
2. Who wore flip flops on the climb? Grace! She is one tough cookie.
3. What was the gift we all received from YCVM? A wooden map of Uganda with the districts that we had visited.
4. Who was the one that was left speechless last night? Patrick!

Prayer needs:
1. That Silver’s father will truly commit his life to the Lord to be transformed.
2. YCVM single members find a life partner that will support their ministry.
3. Prayer for our safe return back home.