A lesson in Longitude and Latitude

The weather in Kampala right now is a partly cloudy, 72 degrees, but it's the middle of the night there, so hopefully they are all sleeping soundly. Sunday wake-up, which will be in a few hours from now for them, will bring a meeting with Pastor Sempa and they will worship at a local church. It will probably be a great time! Not sure of much more of the schedule for the day, but in the evening, they will have church on their own with their Project Leaders, Candice and Adam. Mary Kate said she really enjoyed both of these people, and was looking forward to getting to know them better. They've been on lots of trips, all over the world.

Before Mary Kate left, she was busy looking on the Internet for a map of Kampala. I asked her about it, and she said she wanted to know where the equator went through. I think she thought there was an actual LINE through town, and that she wanted to be on the other side of it at some point to be able to say she crossed the equator. Tyler (Mr. Cartographer) tried over and over to explain that the equator is an angle of longitude and latitude and....blah, blah, blah. I could see Mary Kate's eyes glazing over. She just wanted the bottom line, me too at that point. Was she going to be ON THE EQUATOR OR NOT? I even looked it up on the Internet and had to have Tyler come and explain it to ME!! We must have been sleeping that day in school, but thankfully Tyler pays attention. Mary Kate, sweetheart, I hope you cross over, wherever you think is "there" IS! Have fun...and I know you just want to see if toilets flush the other direction!