Home

We made it home late last night with half our luggage and the other half is supposed to arrive today. Thank you for all your prayers and support during our trip. Keep the Congo in your prayers still, as well as the rest of Africa.

Almost Home

Well, we've made it to Alanta, but are having some weather delays here. But it is good to be back in the States!

Leaving Congo

We dropped our bags off at SN Brussels this morning and leave for the airport in an hour. We were able to finish all the jobs that they had for us and a few more. We should be home by Friday dinner time. We leave a bit sad, but also happy to be going home. See you all soon!

Big job for the day

Here is the plumbing we got done today, and how you work withhout power

Well, we really have one more day here. SN Brussels decided to cancel the flight out today, so we are leaving tomorrow (we hope!) This gives us the time to finish up a couple of more jobs that we didn't think we would get to. Stay tuned to see when we really make it back to the States

Last Day

We put in a hard morning of work chipping and prepping for new plumbing in one of the suites being remodeled. This afternoon it was off souvenir shopping. The old Mennonite Hostel is now an art store and it has been completely redone. I did not even recognize the old volleyball courts as they have been converted into a picnic area. We went to a couple of other local artist stores and found what we were looking for, as as the weather was very threatening, we decided to skip the old Ivory Market. We took our host out for dinner tonight at a Chinese restaurant. It was very good. Tomorrow morning we are off to SN Brussels to drop our bags of and then we wait for our flight out tomorrow night. We will be back home by Thursday night. Thanks for all the prayers and support and we are looking forward to sharing our trip and our hopes for Congo with everyone.

Monday Work

Today we spent most of the time downtown trying to find parts so we can finish up a couple of projects before we leave. We were able to find a battery ($170.00) and a trickle charger ($120.00) so you can see things are very expensive over here, and it takes most of the day to find exactly what you are looking for. We got the lights finished off the best we can, and after dinner tonight, we will install the new gas stove. We have Haricout Congolese for lunch with Fu Fu, and tonight we are headed off to an old friends house who lives in town for dinner. It is hard to believe that our time in Congo is almost over. We have really been enoying ourselves, a bit frustrated at times with the way things are just so hard to do and make happen, and very humbled by how well we really have it in the States. Power and water, things we take for granted, come and go at a whim here, and everything takes time, a long time. Tomorrow we will finish what we can, then we are off the the old ivory market, and to a couple other gift "stores" or markets before we pack up.