A blizzard...In Uganda??

Just realized it has been almost TWENTY days since our last blog...and we are EXTREMELY sorry about it!! The days have been filling us with so much lately that by the time we get our emails caught up, it is WELL past our bedtimes...well mine anyway, AmyRose never sleeps!! Also, the internet has been super shady lately and comes and goes as it pleases...

We have been taking shelter inside our home due to the blizzard of bugs that is among us here in Entebbe. There has been an insane mass release of the bugs that has been smothering our air. These dreadful awful bugs are referred to as "lake flies" and they are over-taking Entebbe. Because of their light-weight bodies, these bugs are easily transported by the wind from the sesse islands daily ...but it has not been as bad of a problem as it has been the last two days. The bugs do not move without the wind. So the wind carries them in, then the wind settles, and that is where the bugs stay...all day until another gush of wind comes to move them to their next location. They are white flying creatures similar to fruitflies...only about three times the size. The life span of these critters are about twelve hours. So they come, annoy all outside life, and then die. But they don't normally die until about 8 or 9 oclock at night so we are stuck inside all day waiting for this time of bugs to end, which rumor has it, will happen by the beginning of May. So as we make our journey out, we are forced to either cover our faces with shirts, scarves, or our personal favorite... FACE MASKS. The Ugandans think we are crazy, but we'd rather be crazy than be infested with these nasty little creatures from within. Pray that these little critters find some place else to reside so that we can move out of our home!! Also for AmyRose because she has developed an allery to these bugs and it is only getting worse...She said this morning, "I feel like death." We cannot have that happening!!

My birthday was on the 23rd so we are preparing to have a celebration at Abba home this evening...Since the flies have kept us prisoners inside our own homes, we have been busy baking away making all sorts of treats-cookies, cakes, and muffins...so hopefully the kids will not get a sugar over-load as to never having this much sweetness in one evening!!