It's amazing how smooth travel has been for me so far. I'm sitting in the Brussels airport with the first long leg of the trip behind me. I guess my excitement and anticipation this morning exhausted me. I was able to sleep the majority of the flight from Chicago to Brussels. I felt so calm and relaxed, and the flight was not crowded. I had a row of three seats to myself. I couldn't believe my mind wasn't racing.
We have two more hours in Brussels until we board our flight to Freetown. We just found out that the usual stop in Dakar isn't happening, and our flight will be two hours shorter. How exciting! Once we land and make it out of the airport, we're boarding pelican speed boats, in the dark, and crossing the water to Freetown. We'll load into podas (sp?), some kind of vehicle, and go to the orphanage. Once we get there, we'll go to bed. :( It'll be around midnight!
It's weird. All the feelings and emotions that I had leading up to the trip these last couple weeks are so peaceful right now. It's just right! I know this is where I need to be, and this is the group that I'm meant to be with.
I hope to blog again tomorrow, but I'll probably skip it tonight when we arrive at the center. Keep us in your prayers! I can't wait to wrap my arms around Fatmata and Umaru!
Love,
Susan
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