In the Congo 2017

Well, the moment arrived and both Jeannie with her strep throat and me with my head cold, would have chosen to stay home. However, with the enthusiasm of Nelia and the grace of God we set out. From Calgary our first stop was Toronto and we were already down to the grace of God driving us onward. Nelia was sick. She suffered from almost continual nausea for the next 16 or more hours.

Just finished supper. Nelia ate and is back. Great news. The grace of God is all we needed.

Just a note on landing at Kinshasa. We unloaded on the tarmac and at the bottom of the steps was a gentleman who immediately approached me and showed me a picture of myself on his cell phone. I couldn’t believe it-- had he accessed my passport, and why only me? As it turned out, Yvette, my host from Kikwit has was at the airport and already had someone on the inside looking after us. She greeted us with great fanfare when we got out, arranging a taxi, etc.

Tomorrow is already filled up. All 3 of us will go to Yvette’s sister’s place for dinner and later I will go to the guesthouse’s watchman’s house for supper. Jeannie and Nelia will do supper at her friends, the Shellenbergs.

After that, off to Kikwit.