We arrived home on August 17, 24 hours later than expected. The flight from Kigali, Rwanda delayed our trip missing our connection on August 15. It worked out fine because Ethiopian Airlines put us up in a nice hotel for about 12 hours, fed us before departing for the airport to come back to USA. We traveled to see Addis Ababa and an eastern orthodox church to see a museum that opened a few years ago and shared the history of the kings and priests, etc. We went back through biblical history of King Solomon, Queen of Sheba and their son Menelik (as historical records mention) and saw the tombs of King Hayla Sellasie I (died 1974) and his wife (died ~1961).
Our time in Uganda at Queen Elizabeth National Park was worth the time spent after what we thought was going to be a seven hour trek took us almost 12 hours. Some roads are paved from Rwanda to QENP and some are not, going from pavement to gravel to sand, etc. Three of us thought that where we stayed (Jacana Lodge: individual cabins overlooking a crater lake) was a good spot for a women's retreat.)
We accomplished seeing the big game, rested with decent nights' sleep and British-style cuisine. There were many highlights of this leg of the trip but one excitement was to get to the Equator.
There are pictures and when we get some time will be uploading some. We all have great ideas of how we futuristically want to serve God and will be meeting and praying about our next steps.
Please continue to pray for us as when we return to life in USA from trips like this, there is a strong power of opposition lurking around.
Thanks, God's blessings to you and will be writing other stories aobut our trip.
Sally
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