We are HERE!!!

Dearest Family and Friends!!!

We have arrived all safe and sound!!! We were at the Toronto Airport at 2:30am to catch our 6:00am flight from Toronto to Washington DC. We made some super great stops...first in Rome in the middle of the night, so we saw lots of lights...and then in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia for about 2 hours where we swtiched planes. Then we flew to Malawi and finally ended up in Lusaka, Zambia. We stayed the night in Lusaka and were on the bus to Mongu in the morning. We woke up with no electricity and did ok for getting ready in the dark, were on the bus by 7:30am and left the station at 9:00. Two hours of our trip were through a game park and we saw some version of antelope..a few baboons..some super cool cranes and birds...apparently there was an elephant, but only Sarah was the lucky one to see it....and LOTS of warthogs. So we arrived herein Mongu about 5:00 and Dorothy took us to her lovely home overlooking the floodplanes...where we are SURE to catch some gorgeous sunsets.

So that's the bareboness...some fun moments.....

Trying to take off in Addis Ababa and had to turn around and try again because there were too many birds onthe runway...we had to wait for the "fire squad" to get rid of them.... the best part--it happened again in Malawi. WHO KNEW!!!!!

Sandy jumping out of the bus when we were all getting off to "save" Laura from a very welcoming [drunk] man who was very exciting to welcome us to Mongu

Buying fake hair...which will soon be braided into all our own hair and make it nice and think and pretty:D haha..

The tire burning on the bus....it got changed....

Ants in Jenelles pants..hehehe.....and our entire room. lol

Walking through the market today and experiencing life in Zambia...all the beautiful people and colorful materials and goods...

As for our schedule for the month..it is pretty much as planned. We are heading out to a village tomorrow afternoon until Thursday morning to visit and live village life and see an orphanage. Then we get ready for camp and Friday afternoon we head out to camp for the week. So a heads up: we won't have internet all next week while we're at camp :S Sorry!!!!! But we'll have loads of fun and will fill you all in when we get back to town...

Thanks so much for all your love and prayers!!! We are all doing so well and no sickness yet, of which we are most grateful.Travel has been long but smooth going and safe! So we will keep you updated as we can. We love you all and slightly miss you[LA]

God be with you all!!!!!! Love your ZTEAM sisters.