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We travelled to the city of Mityana where my boss and one of the pastors travelling with us were going to lead a pastors seminar the next morning. Pastors from all over the area travelled to this event. Some traveled for days. Biblical training is hard to come by in remote areas so the pastors take any opportunity they can get. I really enjoyed the singing that they all did together. They actually harmonized, which is something many Western congregations seem to neglect.

While the seminar went on, my Ugandan coworker Joshua led us around Mityana-town, which was where he grew up. We walked through the market and down city streets. Butchers hung their meat out on hooks in the open air. Theaters (which were just small dark rooms off the main road blared into the marketplace. It was obviously quite different from most of my shopping experiences.

After that Joshua brought us to his families home where his parents run an orphanage. In the tree behind their house were hundreds of weaver birds nests. After the seminar was over, we traveled back to the university and got ready for our trip to Murchison National Park in the North.

Later in the week we visited the village of Namusaala where Titus, WOH Uganda’s Director, Grew up. We visited his mother’s house and the school that he helped start. The kids parents were there and the students did a drama about some of the problems facing families in the village.

The students had songs for everything. A song announcing the choir was coming and another song that said they were leaving but coming back later. After the event finished, I walked with my fellow-traveller Rick down the village road. We passed mud huts and children running with excitement shouting “MUZUNGU MUZUNGU!” Which means “White Person! White Person!” After about an hour of walking, we returned to the truck and went back to Mukono for the night.

After attending the morning church services on campus, we visited my Ugandan coworker’s new house that he is building. After that he took me to his uncle’s house and then to the Cultural Arts Center in Kampala where we ate dinner and watched dances from all around Uganda.

In October, I went to Uganda with work. My main responsibility was to interview people and get footage for a profile video about our ministry there. I also got some footage for personal use. This video starts off that series.

When we arrived, the first order of business was the dedication ceremony of the new Words of Hope Uganda recording studio. We stayed on the campus of Uganda Christian University. Outside the guesthouse, there were a number of new and interesting animals such as lizards, horn-bills, and monkeys!

Every year I do a slideshow of the Photos I took the previous year. This one is a little late, but still fun!

This is the final video in this series. It is a little recap of the whole trip

We had a 15 hour layover in Paris, so we tried to make the best out of a bad situation.

We did a lot in one day when we were in Cappadocia. We rented a car and drove around to see the scenery and then we went to a giant ancient underground city. We finished off the day with a stop by the city of Avanos which is famous for it’s pottery.

The Goreme Open Air Museum is one of the most amazing places on the planet. The rock formations are amazing but what’s more impressive is the homes and churches carved inside the rocks. The churches were originally decorated with red ochre then the frescoes were added but later defaced by invading Arabs in the 6th century.

Sometimes on trips, things don’t go exactly as you had planned.

Sara and I hike 7km in the heat over a mountain to the tourist-town of Oludeniz and then walk past the Lycian tombs in Fethiye.

After a long day in a bus, we arrived in the valley town of Kayakoy. Up on the hill sits a Greek ghost town abandoned in the 20′s. This video is our visit there.

Learn more about Kayakoy

We took a day trip to the calcium cliffs of Pamukkale (which means “Cotton Castle”). Ancient Greeks came to Pamukkale to enjoy the hot springs and use it as a spa. It is a UNESCO world heritage site and is one of the most surreal places we visited on our trip.

Learn more about Hieropolis and Pamukkale

Even though it was around 95 degrees, we still went out to see the ancient city of Ephesus. The Celcus Library is one of the most ornate ancient structures we saw. This video also features a little bit of our carpet shopping experience and some shots of the storks that were right outside our hotel room window.

Learn more about Ephesus here: Ephesus

Leaving Bergama, we arrive in the city of Selcuk, the larger city where tourists stay when they want to visit nearby Ephesus. We visit the huge weekend market and the Basilica of St. John which was just across the street from our hotel.

Learn more about the Basilica of St. John here: Basilica of St. John