Flying over the alps
We are officially at our final location! All three flights went pretty well, there was some rough bumpy spots here and there but the Lord passed us through. Imagine two full work days spent sitting on a plane! Then add another 1.5 hour flight on the third day. It’s a lot of work to get here but it’s worth it!
After landing in Kilimanjaro, we received our first blessing of traveling with a white haired man and a child! The Visa approval line was so long in Tanzania – after waiting for 30 min, an officer opened a new lane calling “papa Dan” and Eva over, which then drew the rest of us along with them for the special treatment of not having to wait in line, which was a blessing at 10 pm at night seeing that we knew we still had to pass our luggage through customs.
Once we were through with the Visa process, our supplies were scrutinized, which was not a surprise to us as they were last year. Two from the team were asked to stay with the luggage and they sent everyone else out of the airport not to reenter. We waited a few minutes and then started to pray. God worked amazingly fast and the authorities were kind and gracious allowing the 450 pounds of good to enter without having to pay any additional sales tax! Each year we learn something new and this year we learned there is a tax exempt form that Joseph, (our missionary on the ground here), could complete before our arrival to avoid all that!
We will post pictures on Sunday!