Shattered Glass

We set out this morning, very excited about the prospect of finally going to Kampala for the weekend. We had been driving for about two hours, and were nearly at the Equator, which is approximately half-way through the journey.

There is a lot of construction going on on the roads, and as its the dry season (although it finally rained today, hallelujah!!!) it's insanely dusty at the moment. We were on one particularly dry and dusty stretch, and just as my dad was slowing down, a truck passed us, kicking up more dust and making it virtually impossible to see anything.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, there was a truck in front of us, stopped in the middle of the road. It appeared too quickly to stop, and before we knew it, we had slammed into the back of it.

Fortunately and miraculously, no one was seriously injured, although we are all pretty bruised and sore, and Ayana's nose might possibly be broken (or at least just very swollen). The car was smashed in though, and all the seats all sort of collapsed inside. Jeff Dyke drove out to pick us up, brought us back to Masaka, and then we set out AGAIN with a different vehicle. The car was taken away, and my dad has to go make a statement on the way back home.

We saw several other major accidents today (including one that happens literally minutes after ours, only this one involved a car flying through the air and landing upside down... thankfully no one was seriously hurt in this one either!!) and were so thankful that ours wasn't anything more than it was.

We made it here all in one piece (although we got lost and drove around for nearly two hours after arriving in Kampala before we finally found our hotel) and are very happy to be able to enjoy good food, hot showers, and wireless internet!

Thanks to everyone who was praying for us; please continue to pray for our protection, and healing for any minor injuries. We so appreciate it.. it could have been a whole lot worse, so thank-you for your support!!