David Burrell, a Holy Cross priest who teaches at UMU, invited Bry'Chell and me to spend Holy Week and Easter at their novitiate outside Fort Portal. I accepted for both of us.
We took the UMU bus to Kampala yesterday evening, got a ride to Cardinal Nsubaga Guest House where we were staying for the night and walked over to the Holy Cross house for supper.
This morning David picked us up, along with Joe, a Holy Cross volunteer, and we left for Fort Portal. Fort Portal is in the western part of the country, a bit north of Queen Elizabeth National Park.
I told David I'd be happy to share the driving if he wanted a break, so I drove part of the way. Unlike the Kampala-Masaka Road, the road to Fort Portal is pretty good. Now, my view of a good road has probably changed in the past seven months. A two-lane paved road with only a few potholes is a good road. This one even had a line down the middle. Amazing.
David said the Chinese built it. I never connected the Chinese with roads, but they sure did a good job on this one. The shoulders were even paved.
It felt good to drive. Since I've been here I've driven to the Equator and back twice--maybe four miles each way. This was a real drive--I drove about 150 kilometers which translates to about 93 miles. Not only that, the road had hills and curves, not like the boring straight, flat Midwestern US driving. This was more like Northern California. It was fun.
The Holy Cross novitiate is in a beautiful part of the country--well, the whole country is beautiful, but this spot is especially scenic. It's nestled in green rolling hills next to a blue lake.
Well, it's time for church.
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