WUNDERLI WANDERINGS

Simon was called on last Thursday to do a medevac (medical evacuation) for a man upcountry.  He was very ill with malaria and possibly typhoid also.  When Simon arrived at the destination the man was visibly pretty sick.  Simon flew him down to Kampala to go to hospital for vital treatment.  We haven't had an update yet on his status but pray that he was able to receive the correct medical treatment and is on the road to recovery. On Saturday Simon flew out to the West of Uganda to a place called Bundibugyo.  This town is on the border of Congo.  The team he flew out were going to be putting an inverter system in for their mission organisation.  The plan was for MAF to fly them in and then they would stay overnight and return by bus the following day.  This journey takes just over an hour by plane but many hours by bus.  I know which one i would choose :).  Thankfully Simon has had experience with inverters (a system that enables ...

 This wee bunny is nicknamed "Baby Rocky" because of his colouring.  He is like his Daddy. Zara holding one of the white ones for the first time. Joshua holding one of the smaller babies....maybe the runt of the litter :) We had just gone swimming hence the lack of clothes on Joshua and Zara :) Fang the mummy rabbit who did all the hard work.  The picture of Rocky didn't come out well so we will show him another time. The Wunderli family has significantly grown in the last month.  When we returned from furlough we had promised that Joshua and Zara could have rabbits.  To cut a long story this was achieved and we were the proud owners of Rocky (boy) and Fang (girl).  Joshua had picked the girl rabbit unbeknownst to him at the time and Zara the boy.  Hence the names :).  Well 31 days later we are now the proud owners of an additional 5 rabbits.  Joshua happened to be down at the hutches when Fang was giving b...

On Tuesday Simon was supposed to fly to Torit in the new country of the Republic of South Sudan.  However, the passenger that he was to pick up had been out of communication contact so it wasn't sure if the flight was going to happen or not.  However, about 9am the office got a phone call to say that the passenger had made contact and was ready to be picked up.  Simon called me to say he was heading out to the airstrip to do the flight.  In a moment of impulse (not usual when it comes to things like this :) ) I asked if I could join him and he said that it would be a good day to go as he was only picking up one passenger.  South Sudan was the only country that I hadn't been to yet with MAF and was one of my goals before we left Uganda (if we ever leave Uganda).  Simon picked me up on the way to Kajjansi and while he was pre-flighting the 206 (it wasn't going to be a fast flight)  I talked with some of the team members from MAF Holland who were visiting...

Since returning from furlough I have restarted the Bible studies.  This time we are doing things a bit different in that we are going through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.  We, obviously, can't go quite as deep as we would if we were just taking one book at a time but the idea is that we will see the big picture of what the Bible is all about. The International group always seems to change each time due to the ever transient ex-pat community.  However, as good friends leave new friends come and we have been blessed with new people this term. This week and next we will be looking at the story of Abraham.  It is a fascinating story and much can be learned from his life for us today.  As I was studying today one of the main things that seemed to pop out was the fact that we can't rush God.  God has a plan for our lives and we so often want to hurry God and help Him along.  When that happens it seems to go quite pear shaped.  We see this w...

Thank you to all of you who prayed for Simon last week on his trip to Tanzania and Rwanda.  The flight time was long and the weather proved a challenge but everything went as planned.  The group that he flew were able to complete what they wanted so mission accomplished.  We were glad to have him safely back on Wednesday evening.  He did take some photos which I hope to post once I have downloaded them off his phone :) This month has been a busy month for visitors not only personally but also for MAF Uganda generally.  Last week we had a team from MAF Denmark visit the programme.  Many of whom had never visited the field before but took an opportunity to come and visit and see what it was like for themselves.  They were able to go on a MAF flight as well as take in some local sights.  A MAF colleague and I took three of the ladies to one of the Christian Martyrs Shrine just outside of Kampala.  This gave the history of 22 martyrs ...