Last week we went up to Karamoja for a few days for a team retreat. It was full of great earthly food and great spiritual food. The theme was "Our Unfinished Work"...not the unfinished work of the great commission, but the unfinished work of knowing the love of God, through Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit. Pastor Paul Browne preached from the book of Ephesians in 4 sessions over a day and a half. Between the great food and fellowship, I didn't take my camera out at all while we were there. But I did take a lot of pictures from the drive up and back. The beauty of Uganda...both in the scenic views and the people...always amazes me, so I thought I'd share. Some of the pictures came from my camera and some from our friend that came along to graciously watch the kids for us.
Eric buying our lunch from a road side chapati stand. I still love that we can feed our entire family on the run for less than $5. We had a discussion in the car as to whether chapatis in all their grease or McD's in all it's glory is healthier...we decided on the former, since at least it's not processed. :)
Fields of sunflowers...
Little huts trying to hide...
Over loaded trucks...
potholes...lots of pot holes... (this is looking out my window back at the Webers who were following us)
Truck eating pot holes...
And when the kids have too much energy to sit in the back anymore...they can get out and run, because they can run about as fast as we can drive through the mess...
Cows running off the road...
Cows being used to pull people down the road...
A river to drive through...
Beautiful landscapes...
And as we got near to the team compound the kids jumped out to cross the new foot bridge that guys up there constructed while we drove through the river that flows over the road.
While we were in the morning session, the babysitters took all of the kids to the nearby mission's Karamoja Education Outreach school. They played games, visited with the kids and sang a few songs.
During our lunch break on Friday some of the girls and I drove 20 minutes to the closest trading center...Namalu. We went on a quest to have a great adventure and buy some fabric while we were at it. We had a blast and came away with some cute things. Now the girls and I have some fabric there being sewn into a Karamajong skirt.
Produce for sale...
How close can one park to one's store?
And here are a few shots of the people. The tribes we work with in Mbale are all considered Bantu tribes. But the tribe in Karamoja is much more closely related to the Masaai tribe in Kenya and their form of dress shows that.
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