Thursday night
This was another day of lots of accomplishments at the work site. Since Bob went on a day trip to a Fulani village, Marcelin picked us up and transported us from the guest house to the orphan care center. Marcelin is the fixit guy for ICDI. He has a gift for fixing things, cars, computers, almost anything. It was his marriage that we attended last weekend.
We constructed some more 8 foot tables while Vernie cut the pieces needed for assembly of the tables. Some of the wood is so warped that it takes a lot of effort to pull the pieces together during the construction stage.
It was very hot today. We haven’t had any rain for a couple of days but it has been very hot. The rainy season may be over.
Tonight, our friends Steve and Ron from the Aiken Grace Brethren Church returned from their trip to a very remote mission location. Steve is sick, probably from something he ate during the trip. This is actually pretty common. Many people get sick quite regularly because you meet with people and you have to try the food they serve and you never know if its safe or not.
I am a little concerned about my change of flights in Paris. Our tickets had to be checked with Air France on Tuesday. Joshua, the ICDI secretary, took our tickets to the Air France office to make sure that we had seats on the flight Sunday. You have to do this because they always overbook. Joshua took my hard printed ticket from Bangui to Paris and my e-ticket for Paris to Zurich. My hope was to be able to check my suitcase from Bangui to Zurich. They told him that they were unable to process the e-ticket. So it looks like I will have the challenge of claiming my bag and then checking in for the Zurich flight during the 2 hour time between flights. There is a real possibility that I will miss the flight, especially if the departure from Bangui is late. God is sovereign. I will trust Him.
Interesting fact, there will be 5 of us arriving at the Paris airport and none of us speak French. Bob says that he has never been able to find a helpful person at the airport but is sure that we will find lots of helpful people. We will see.
We constructed some more 8 foot tables while Vernie cut the pieces needed for assembly of the tables. Some of the wood is so warped that it takes a lot of effort to pull the pieces together during the construction stage.
It was very hot today. We haven’t had any rain for a couple of days but it has been very hot. The rainy season may be over.
Tonight, our friends Steve and Ron from the Aiken Grace Brethren Church returned from their trip to a very remote mission location. Steve is sick, probably from something he ate during the trip. This is actually pretty common. Many people get sick quite regularly because you meet with people and you have to try the food they serve and you never know if its safe or not.
I am a little concerned about my change of flights in Paris. Our tickets had to be checked with Air France on Tuesday. Joshua, the ICDI secretary, took our tickets to the Air France office to make sure that we had seats on the flight Sunday. You have to do this because they always overbook. Joshua took my hard printed ticket from Bangui to Paris and my e-ticket for Paris to Zurich. My hope was to be able to check my suitcase from Bangui to Zurich. They told him that they were unable to process the e-ticket. So it looks like I will have the challenge of claiming my bag and then checking in for the Zurich flight during the 2 hour time between flights. There is a real possibility that I will miss the flight, especially if the departure from Bangui is late. God is sovereign. I will trust Him.
Interesting fact, there will be 5 of us arriving at the Paris airport and none of us speak French. Bob says that he has never been able to find a helpful person at the airport but is sure that we will find lots of helpful people. We will see.
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