A Good Nights Rest

Today is it -- all of the last minute preparations for the Congo are being completed. Tammy was able to spend the day with Jared, and Jim was able to spend time one-on-one with each of his kids and his wife at some point today. They will leave early Tuesday morning for the first leg of the trip -- flying to Philadelphia. This leg is on United and the balance of the trip is on Air France. A longer layover in PHL has been planned in case their bags don't make with them from ORD. Once in PHL they should be able to consolidate their flights and have the bags checked all the way through to Bangui. They will arrive in Gemena around mid-afternoon our time on Friday or Saturday (portions of the travel itinerary are still a bit unclear) -- it will be a long trip.

Please pray for:

1. A good nights rest tonight -- it may be the last for many nights.
2. All of the bags to be where they need to be, specifically that they arrive in PHL with them and that they arrive in Bangui with them.
3. For a kind-hearted ticket agent when they check in with Air France in PHL. There is no reason that they shouldn't be able to show all their tickets and check their bags through to Bangui -- unless the agent can't be bothered.
4. For the ability to sleep on the plane -- they will have 2 red-eyes, 2 nights in a row followed by a dug-out canoe ride and a 10-hour drive on unpaved roads.

As Jim and Jared are able to communicate while they travel, they will and this blog will be updated with the answers to these prayers.