Progress African Style! :))

Yesterday May 16th we went into Kampala to work on our work permits, now my experience with immigration is not a most wonderful one, and I was dreading this trip. We got to immigration and went directly to the workpermit window. She handed me the forms to fill, and proceeded to tell me we needed to buy our own folder etc. We left (I needed the restroom and immigrations was not suitable) we filled forms and got together all the information they needed. One item we had to handwrite.We proceeded to return to immigration, bought folders at the gate, and handed it to the lady at workpermits, she informed me the handwrote one needed to be typed, and that they needed our NGO registration. Oh great! Here starts the shuffle around! We walk over to NGO registration and were blessed with a very wonderful lady who informed us that hiring a lawyer was NOT necesary and that she would help us through the process, she went through the checklist with us and found that we are lacking not as many things as I thought we were, and all we need to file work permits is the NGO registration paid. BUT the NGO lady tells us that we cannot file NGO registration til we have MInister of Genders Approval. So we leave immigration completely and go to the minister of Genders office, there we are informed that he is out of office til next week, and that if we were wanting approval for our NGO we have to go register our name first. We leave Minister of Gender and go to register our NGO name with Uganda. There we find out that we cannot be called The HOPE Center UGanda because it is similar to another, so in Uganda legally we are now called The Helping Orphans and Prodigals to Eternity Center, aka The H.O.P.E. Center!

Now I think you all understand why I dislike Kampala, this is a typical day in Kampala...lol

We did not get paint bought like I was hoping we would, so painting the garage will have to wait, although, we may have to go make a trip just for paint. The beds and cribs arrive next week Tuesday!!!! Praise God!

I am trying to upload pics but it is rejecting the server, lovely!!! So we shall continue to work on that one! I will figure out a way around it.

The showers of blessings God is surrounding us with, is absolutely wonderful!
Praising Him!

Angie