Let the journey begin!
After my 18 hour journey I finally made it to Cameroon! And so the journey begins... But first, I want to thank everyone who helped to get me here. Without you (my family and friends) I wouldn't be living my dream! It was a nice last few days in America ..visiting with family and friends before taking off from D.C. My flight was uneventful to Brussels and I had a 3 hour layover before heading to Douala, Cameroon. Both plane rides totaled about 7 hours each. So it was at least broken up nicely. Luckily I met some fellow Mercy Ships crew members on the second plane so I didn't have to go through customs alone. It was a bit intimidating but after about an hour we all made it through to find our representatives waiting for us. As soon as we left the airport locals were coming up to us, saying "mercy, mercy" -they knew what we were here for, and they followed us all the way to the car (children included). Even at 7pm the air was almost unbearable! It is quite hot h