Uneventful

...that's how I like things. A hospital shift for instance, or maybe a long car trip, or in today's context a MAF flight from Bundi to Kampala. Mission Aviation Fellowship flies to an airstrip built by Paul Leary many years ago about 15 min. from where we live along the Bundibugyo Road. Today the Caravan (10 seater plane) dropped off the Masso's and their visitors, and picked up Ashley, Nathan and I. Today is Nathan's birthday and with presented with the option of flying we left it up to him to decide for or against. He decided for, and even got to play co-pilot. As we were taking off, he looked a bit like a boy of about 2 less decades of age, almost giddy with excitement and smiling from ear to ear. Needless to say, I think he enjoyed himself. When we landed, and he climbed out of the cockpit the first words out of his mouth were telltale: "That was AWESOME!" It was the first time I'd flown to/from Bundibugyo since I flew in almost exactly 11 months ago. The flight was indeed uneventful and we are safely in Kampala.

We'll celebrate Nathan's birthday in style tonight here in Kampala (there was a Bundi celebration on Saturday) and then most likely again in Nairobi (hopefully with Sushi).

Wednesday we head to Nairobi for a week of vacation. Yep, you heard right, VACATION!!!!!! Wuh-hoooooo!!!!!! I'm looking forward to it. We'll be hangin' with fellow WHMers and eating and drinking and making merry.

Oh, one more thought. This whole flying thing so revolutionizes the Bundi-to-Kampala experience that when we got here and turned our computers on and read headlines like "Ugandan Rebels Massacre civilians in a church" and "Somalian President quits after 4 years in leadership" it makes me feel like I've just resurfaced from a hole in the ground...sheesh...what a wake up...