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Hard ride 400km from Dolisie to Brazzaville... Relentless corrugated dusty roads. thank goodness for the Chinese! They've compacted some sections in preparation for tar! Would be more fun of I wasn't nursing my welded brakes! No fuel on route for 400kms, a bit of a stretch! No stations open on Sundays, Had to resort to file from bottles on the side of the road...oh joy! Got into brazzavile ...
Week one in the books!!
... berries and add a bunch of sugar and then freeze them for dessert. They said without the sugar it is more sour compared to the tartness of cranberries. They were sooooo good and I am hooked! After lunch John and I checked out the tennis court. It was in much better shape than I expected. It is a hard court, and just needs the lines to be repainted and the new net. Should be up and running again soon!
I had my first few conversations with ...
Orphan Story
... to adopt. She is a beautiful and healthy little girl. I got to hold her and sing to her. We prayed for her and dressed her in new clothes and fed her some formula from a new bottle with filtered water. She is a tiny miracle! I am so blessed to have gotten to meet her and love on her and take photos of her for her family.
Today I got to go to a different part of town where her new big brother ...
Sabbath in Kinshasa
... members from Texas. It was most welcome and will be very helpful and useful.
Jacob told me he will come to the hotel at 04:00 tomorrow morning to accompany me to the airport for my 07:30 flight. This flight in on Ethiopian Airlines and they close the check in counter fairly early. If one arrives late, even an hour before the flight, he will not be allowed to check in. So we have to factor in the unexpected, and leave me a very large safety ...
Welcome HOME!!!
... unto the least of these" is just like we are doing it to God Himself. Thank you for letting me be your hands and feet to bless those kids and brighten thier day!
We still have an entire trunk full of things to take to the kids. We will spread it out over time so that all of the clothes don't get stolen by the workers.
I'll try to do better about keeping up with the blog. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!
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