So the Journey Begins...

After three days of traveling and an amazing day trip to London, I have arrived safe and sound in Uganda! It is currently pouring outside the tiny internet cafe... I'm going to get soaked on our walk home, but I don't really care because I haven't showered in 3 days so it will feel great!
Uganda is beautiful! It is so green and jungly compared to Utah. The people here are so nice. Florence, Edward, and their children met me at the airport. It was so fun to see them again. We talked for probably about a half hour while we got our bags loaded into the taxi. I can't wait to visit Edward's school. We are all jet lagged, exhausted, and going a bit delusional, haha, but I know I'm going to love it here!
Our directors found a house for us in Lugazi. It is brand new and will not be ready until tomorrow, so we are spending the night at the Mukono team's house. It is nice and big, with running (hot) water, but no furnishings or carpet, just the beds that they purchased this week. Apparently our house will have running water too! What a great surprise!
It is now pouring outside and the street is flooding with puddles of red water a few inches deep. Man our feet are going to get soaked! haha... and the adventures begin!

Lesson #1: Just because you buy bottled water with a sealed lid doesn't mean it's safe. There is a black market on bottled water and they drill a small hole in the bottom of the bottle, steal the pure water, refill it with impure water, and seal it back up! Opps! We got five bottles to share and three out of the five were bad. Luckily we only took a few sips before we found out. Hope we don't get sick!