The Tiesenga Family: Snyders and Van Dykes Visit

On our way to pick up the Snyders and the Van Dykes from the airport, Steve and I had some exciting happenings. Our car started to give us problems! We thought it was just overheating, but soon realized it was more than that! We tried to go on, but it finally just gave out! We were stranded in the middle of no where. And in Africa, that really means the middle of no where!! We were along the side of the road with a bunch of people who spoke different languages. We did not have the kids with us, thankfully!! We called the mechanic that we use in Soroti and he tried to help us, but we ultimately connected with the mechanic we use in Kampala. He sent a tow truck to pick us up. While we were waiting for the tow truck, we had some adventures. We were stopped in the middle of no where, like I said, and we needed a place to go. We were going to get a tow by some local tow truck, but God sent an angel in disguise. A nice young Ugandan family drove out of no where in a nice vehicle and asked if we needed help. We said that, "Yes, we need a tow." They agreed to give us a tow to the next village center. So they towed us to the next center, which was not a very good place. We started to walk around looking for something to do during our three hour wait for our tow truck. Thankfully this wonderful couple came back because they didn't feel comfortable leaving us in this center. They had gone several miles to the next center and realized it was a much better center and there was a police station there. We then were towed to that next center and stayed at the police station for the remainder of the time. We waited four hours for the tow truck, they finally arrived at 11pm. We then started our journey to Kampala again. On the way, there was an accident and we were delayed another hour. Some of the pictures below show us on the side of the road as we waited. God kept us safe and we finally arrived at our guesthouse at 4:30 in the morning!! The next day we were so excited about our friends arriving that we forgot about how tired we were!! We are so thankful for God's faithful protection of us.

This shows how dark it was in the middle of the night! I climbed in our van on the tow truck and tried to go to sleep! I don't think I would have been allowed to do that in the U.S.