JoAnne and I had a long day of travel. We were delayed out of Boise 1.5 hours which put our arrival time into Portland at our next departure time. But Praise God- we have much to be thankful for. A flight attendant made everyone stay seated on our arriving plane while we got off first from the back. We were met in the D concourse by North West Airline employee with a walkie-talkie who radioed ahead to the gate, and JoAnne's back held up for the "walk-run" to the gate. We were the last ones to board the flight.

Out of breath and thankful for God's grace we boarded our flight and flew 10 hours to Amsterdam, where we had a 2.5 hour layover and then flew 10 hours to Johannesburg.

We were met at the airport by Tom, John, Yvonne from Flying Mission who took us to Tom's home in Johannesburg to stay the night before travel to Zambia.

Thanks for all your prayers and support. We are exhausted from the trip, but happy to be in Africa.