Rioting

It has been an interesting couple of days here in Kampala…we have had our first taste of the roots of the tribes that exist here. To make a very long story short for you all - there is a President of Uganda – he is in charge of the whole country. There are many tribes within Uganda. There is one major tribe called the Buganda tribe. They still have a King. He lives in Uganda in a large palace. He does not have any political power but his influence is GREAT!

Yesterday the King sent his Prime Minister ahead of him to go to a spot that he is to visit on Sat. The government would not let the King’s Prime Minister through and this made the tribe of Buganda VERY unhappy and thus riots have broken out throughout the city. The riots are so bad that the police could not handle them and had to call in the military – the military has not been called in for over 4 years. People are just doing crazy things.

The riots all started yesterday. Matt has been stranded in the village since they started and we are not quite sure when we will be able to be together again as tomorrow could be the worst yet as it is the day that the king is suppose to make his visit. I made it home from the babies home last night only by God’s grace! What is normally a max. 30 min trip took us just over three hours – people were trying to flee from the city only to all end up in traffic and while we were sitting in mass chaos our car broke down! We truly had angels watching over us. We are now stranded at our guest home away from the city center, but were awakened again this morning by the sound of gun shots. It is just crazy – people are so angry at so much and it seems to all be coming to a head!

Matt and I are both safe in our separate locations – we wish we were together but we will stay put until things have settled down. This all seems like a bad movie. PLEASE pray for safety and for peace for this country. It is so hard for us to understand everything that is happening – it is so African. We do not understand the history that comes with tribes etc.

Love to you all!