Uganda Bound - Update

Morning All. We haven't heard from him yet and probably wont until Monday, but after some flight stalking online we know that Elder Buyers final flight landed in Entebbe, Uganda around 10:00 mt yesterday morning. We're assuming that he was on the plane. 

As you can imagine we're all anxiously waiting for Monday to roll around so that we can get some emails from him. Until then I thought I would share some of the pictures I found online when I Google searched Entebbe, Uganda. I'm not sure if this counts as internet stalking a missionary, but since we're related I decided it was ok. 

First I found a map that shows where exactly Entebbe is at in Uganda. It kind of seems like Entebbe and Kampala are pretty close and run together. Kind of like Rigby and Idaho Falls. Guess I'll have to ask Elder Buyers.

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Keep in mind, that we're not sure if this is where he's still at, or just the airport that he flew into. We'll hopefully know more on Monday. Either way, I thought it would be fun to see what the airport that he flew into looked like.

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From the looks of it, they have some really big fish around there. To bad he's not going to be able to do much fishing. I guess he'll just have to make a trip back with Sweeney sometime.

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In my hunting I also found the blog of a missionary that is currently over in Uganda! I am so excited to start looking through some of the posts. If you're interested in checking it out here is the link. I really like the way that whoever runs it (his mom I'm assuming) posts his letter home along with the questions that his Mom & Dad asked every week. Might have to borrow that idea!

Have a good weekend everyone, hopefully I'll have something from Elder Buyers on Monday :-)

Uganda Bound - Update

As I type this Elder Buyers is making his way from London to Johannesburg! His first flight out of Salt Lake City was delayed by two hours (good thing he had that five hour layover), but so far everything else has been on time. He called Mom & Dad from Salt Lake and got to spend a little time telling them about the MTC. He said that he took lots of pictures and even a few videos introducing his companion. When he gets settled he's going to mail them the memory card from his camera and I'll be sure to post some of the pictures here for everyone to see.

Then I got a huge surprise when me called me too.  I wasn't expecting it and actually denied the call because it wasn't a number I recognized. Luckily he left me a voice mail and I was able to call the number back and talk to him for a few minutes. He sounded good, happy and mostly healthy {he has a cold}. He said that he's traveling with 7 other Elders and his companion is from Texas. He's pretty sure that he's from Dallas, but it might be Houston... there are two of them from Texas so he's not 100% sure.

I talked to mom yesterday and she was telling me that Grandma Gonzales was at the doctors office and was telling the doctor how her Grandson was on his way to Uganda for his mission and would get there on Thursday. The doctor says, "Really? My Grandson is on his mission in Uganda. He leaves Thursday to come home." How crazy is that! 

Thank you all again for your thoughts and prayers. They are greatly appreciated. 

Leaving the MTC - Uganda Bound

Today Elder Buyers will begin his journey to Uganda. He will arrive at the Salt Lake City airport around 8:00am today and will arrive in Entebbe, Uganda around 7:00pm Thursday night. For those of you wondering, Uganda is 9 hours ahead of the  US Mountain time zone.

He will fly from Salt Lake City to Chicago where he will have a 5 hours layover before flying from Chicago to London. He'll have a 9 hour layover in London before flying to Johannesburg where he will spend some time before taking his final flight to Entebbe, Uganda. 

This is his first time flying so I'm sure he is nervous. Please keep Elder Buyers, his companion, and all those traveling with them in your prayers over the next few days.