The Interns Have Landed

Three smiling interns, Katie, Jesse, and Nick, and one very relieved Scotticus piled off the Cessna 206 in between lightening flashes and in the midst of standing water. Their saga began when it was raining too much in Kampala for MAF to meet them at Entebbe, so they were sent by road to the smaller MAF airstrip at Kajjansi. They had to sort through and leave more than half of the luggage behind due to weight restrictions, increased by the weather and the grass airstrip. Then when they finally did take off, the weather became worse. Visibility fell from five miles to two to less than a half mile as our valley was socked in by heavy clouds. We stood on the airstrip in the pouring rain trying to call MAF on the phone. Once we could hear the plane and catch a glimpse of it flying low over the trees, but they could not see us. It seems the GPS coordinate they had for the strip was off by a bit . . . Finally the pilot spotted the airstrip and made a splashy landing. Since the interns had never done this, they were confident and happy as they disembarked, whereas a more experienced Scotticus knew that it was not normal for the pilot to tell the passengers “see if you can see the road or any landmarks down there”.

These university students will spend the next two months here (June and most of July) encountering God in a different culture, and adding a bit of their own sweat and tears to the Kingdom progress as they teach, pack medicines, weigh babies, share the Gospel, conduct interviews, play sports, and generally serve. They are always a breath of fresh air for us, just not usually such a cold and wet breath!