Jet Lag!! Three days, ten times zones, two different countries, a four drive and who knows how many thousands of miles later, we have finally arrived in Lira, northern Uganda. I met Sally another nurse on the airplane in Seattle, we then met our third team mate, Elaine, at London Heathrow airport. Both of my flights were night flights arriving in Entebbe at 6 AM. We went to the U.S. Emabassy to registar with the Consular, who said the same things he said last year. Basically, that it is unsafe here, he is not even permitted to travel up here and that the LRA rebels continue to be active. We then went to exchange currency: $1 U.S. = 1810 Ugandan Shillings. We stayed the night in Kampala, and feel much better today, though after our 4 hour ride and the hotter temperatures here I feel weary again. We are staying in the White House Hotel, which sounds so much more than it is. It is very basic and in the States you would pick Motel 6 over this, but we feel blessed. It seems safe, and is right in the heart of Lira Town. I was dissapointed because the power is off and thought that we would not be able to send an email today. But we just discovered that the internet cafe across the street is running on generator power. Internet usage is 50 Ugandan shillings per minute, do the math, it does not cost much! It has been wonderful to see all of the Northwest Medical Teams in country staff again. The smile broadly when I speak to them in Luo and I am already learning some new phrases. We will be taking most of our meals in the hotel restaurant, and by the looks of the menu it is going to be very tedious. For lunch I had greens (like spinach) in peanut sauce, over a mild yellow sweet potato. Their food is mostly bland, and Sally is going through spicy withdrawals, she is pretty persistent, so I do believe she will continue to try to get some hot, spicy food if she can. I need to go and unpack, however, being that my small, sparsely furnished room is on the third floor and the power is off, I am willing to bet that it is heating up in there. This internet cafe seems to have a cooler running so it feels pleasant in here. There are 12 computers in this small room and all of them are being used. Sally and I are the only expats. Hopefully tomorrow we will begin our work in the camps, we are all ready. Jet lagged in Lira, Brenda