Lake Victoria

It is Sunday afternoon and Travis and I just got back from enjoying a picnic on lake Victoria. We went into Kampala yesterday and decided to swing by Quality Cuts, which is where we get our meat. Local meat isn't so great and although we can purchase minced meat and chicken legs at the local shopping markets their electricity is as unpredictable as ours and so there is no telling how many times it has been thawed out and refrozen. Anyway we went to Quality Cuts to pick up some lunch meat(Travis insist it should be called sandwich meat) and some REAL cheddar cheese both delicacy's and special treats for us (isn't life funny). So we drove out to a place that we had discovered one time while out and about trying new roads and seeing where they lead. The location is actually really close to a fishing village so we were accompanied by a constant flow of young and old fishermen coming out with their makeshift fishing poles, some fishing boats pulling in their nets Bible style, and a butt naked bather (once again I want to say isn't life funny). The lake was gorgeous and we could see several islands from where we were. From almost any point in Entebbe you can see the lake because Entebbe is on a Peninsula but this place provides a particularly beautiful view of lake Vic. There was a countless array of birds including some King Fishers who are pretty cool little black and white birds who dive in the water to grab their meal, and also to see the fishermen working so diligently and patiently to bring in a living through fishing. After eating we started a new book about a young girls life in Somalia, Travis and I have enjoyed reading a few books together since we have been here about different people in African nations. All in all it was just so great to be out in the Ugandan sun (should have put some sunscreen on) and just see how beautiful a country and a people God has put here remembering what a privilege and a joy it is to be here.