Weekend in Jinja

Yesterday I got back from a weekend retreat in the town of Jinja, which sits right on Lake Victoria near the beginning of the Nile River. All of the USP students went with the Ugandan Honors College students to Kingfisher Safari Resort to just relax before our fourth week of school started. It was so relaxing and was beautiful weather the whole time. The resort was made up of individual hut-shaped buildings with mango and palm trees everywhere, all overlooking the lake. On Saturday, I hung out in the pool, and went on a boat ride out onto the Nile River! Then Beth (my AWESOME roommate here at school) and I played Uno with the other students and went for a late night swim. Sunday morning I woke up at 6 in the morning to watch the sun rise over Lake Victoria...it was so beautiful it didn't even seem real. When it was still dark I watched the local fishermen on their boats dragging fishing nets in, with their lanterns giving the only light on the horizon. After that, we had worship, and one of the honors college guys gave the sermon. We left to come back after lunch, right as it was starting to rain. It was really a perfectly relaxing weekend! I will write more tomorrow! Hope everyone has a great day!