Made it to Bo!

Started in Charleston early Saturday morning, July 16. Landed Brussels Sunday morning where we sat...and sat...and sat. Then a 7-hour flight to Freetown. Arrived about 6 pm and were greeted by a customs process that only the Chinese could rival. It took an hour to collect the team’s 25+ bags. We slathered ourselves with deet to enjoy outside dining on delicious chicken and rice at our hotel. Climbed under bed netting and slept like babies.



Breakfast of fried plantains, eggs, pineapple before a 4-hour van ride in country to Bo. (Driver had us all pray together before we set off down the road.) Tired? Oh, you betcha! But then we went on a 2-hour campus walkabout to tour the children's center and Mercy Hospital. (Much more on that later.) Decompressing now before supper in the only air-conditioned space in our residence hall. Later, malaria pill and devotion before we climbed under netting, settled into bed sacks, fired up the fans we brought, and zzzzzz! Pictures help tell the travel story.





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  1. AnonymousJuly 18, 2022 at 5:11 PM

    Dear Ms. Deet, your first in-country blog reads like a chapter from The Heart of Darkness. Have you met Mista Kurtz yet? (I got tired just imagining your jet lag!) will

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    1. AnonymousJuly 19, 2022 at 7:14 AM

      Hugs all around to the BUMC fearless fivesome! Thanks for doing the Lord’s work and touching so many lives with your resourceful talents and skills. Philippians 4:13

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  2. AnonymousJuly 20, 2022 at 10:25 PM

    Way to go, E and T! Getting there is half the battle! Love reading about it. Xoxo

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