Ugandan Trip Journal, May 13, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013 After being woken up from 4:00-5:30 by the ministry group leaving the guest house, we set out for the passport office by 9:00 am. On Friday, we had been told to come pick up our passports for our children Monday. So, like Americans, we all set out with the impression that we would pick them up after maybe an hour or so of waiting. Rashid led us back to the tent we saw last week when we first dropped off our papers at the passport office. It is the only shade in the large courtyard, where when the sun is unencumbered by clouds, it is quite intense. There was also the large shade tree, but anyone who stopped there was shooed away by angry officials. So, we squeezed into the shadows by the edge of the large tent. Under the tent were rows of wooden benches, crowded with Africans waiting for their various documents. We waited with the expectation that it would soon be our turn to receive our prized passports. But aft...