Arrived in Monrovia

Anytime you travel, especially abroad, the travel days merge into a confusion of time.

Jenny and I left Chicago on time yesterday evening with an uneventful flight to Brussels, Belgium where we arrived at 9:00 a.m. or so. Wait, was it 9:00 or was it 2:00 a.m. (central time)? After waiting a few hours in Brussels we boarded our plane for Monrovia via Freetown, Sierra Leone. As I type in this portion of our experience we are sitting on the tarmac in Freetown waiting for clearance to takeoff. The next flight is about one hour and then through Liberian customs and then meet Emmanuel for the ride back to his home, about an hour from the airport. We land at around 8:10 p.m. Monrovia time or 2:10 p.m. central. Again, it takes a couple of looks at the world clock on my phone to keep up with the current time zone we are in.

Airborne now on our way. It’s been a great travel day, but we are looking forward to some sleep, even at the early time back home.

We thank God for His watching over us and for the safe travel and interesting people we’ve already met.

Here now with Emmanuel.