Mwanza

After 39 hours 8884 miles and 6 meals on airplanes I am in Mwanza. Jason meet me at the "airport" (I use the term loosely). The flight from Kenya was a TRIP! Airport security is an term used loosely here. We where all asked to go out on the tarmac to board our plane and they took us there through areas that are supposed to be "secure". I walked right through the baggage handling area to get to my plane. Once at the plane there was a pile of bags and luggage and we where asked to pick our bags out to load. The plane was bigger than I expected and seated 48 people. The flight was gorgeous! We flew over Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti and the Ngorngoro crater. We had to stop at the Kilimanjaro airport to refuel so they made us get out of the plane for saftey. The airport is located at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro and was quite possible the most beautiful airport I have ever been in. It was small but had lush landscaping and was decorated with teak wood floors and lots of pure white marble. The bath room was clean enough to eat in and the whole airport just had a glow to it.

When I got to Mwanza we where shuffled to a small office to buy visa's and have some guy rifle through our stuff. After fondling my clean pairs of underwear stuffed in the bottom of my bag he told me I could go. Jason meet me outside the airport and immediately started telling the pushy taxi drivers I was "taken".

Last night Jason, Emily, Judah and I went out to dinner at a great restaurant right on the water of Lake Victoria (the source of the Nile river). Afterward they showed me around town and we went to the market for fresh fruit. I am amazed at how fast both of the have picked up swahili. They both talked fluently to everyone they met. I was very glad to be with them.

After dinner we came back to their house and set around and visited as long as I could handle. By 9pm I was fried and had to go to bed.

This morning Jason and I are going out to visit a church in the country with several of Jason and Emily's teammates. I am very excited about it.

Thanks to everyone for your prayers. Jane called this morning and said she had an offer on our house!!! She countered and they accepted. Looks like our house may be sold.