We have arrived in the Congo!

After 30 hours in airplanes and airports we arrived in the DRC. It is warm and muggy. The airport was chaotic and confusing but we passed through uneventfully. The Livingstones were waiting for us and took us to our new home. They arranged to stay with a senior missionary couple for their last night and so we spent our first night in the Congo in our flat by ourselves.

The next day we were trained and oriented by the Livingstones. It was a lot to assimilate. Fortunately they wrote everything down because our jet lag did not help our memory processes.  At about 6 pm we left for the airport and dropped the Livingstones off. We tried to convince them that this was all a big mistake and they should stay for another 2 years, but they already had it in their minds to leave.  As we drove away we wondered what we were getting ourselves into!

The next morning we awoke to the reality that we were now in charge of 135 missionaries, 4 districts and 10 independent branches and no one was there to tell us what to do. I guess we will have to just do our best and try to take it one day at a time.