Team A is on the ground in Senegal!

The first wave of our mission group has set down in Senegal and reports that the weather is in the 80s and that Sunday worship was fantastic.

The run-up to Team A's departure was the usual mixture of the predictable and the unanticipated.  Unfortunately, one of the team cut her hand severely and had to bow out of the trip on doctor's orders.  Packing with fewer luggage pieces introduced some tense moments, but Team B will bring what could not be handled by Team A.

Aside from myself, no one else in Team B has been to Senegal previously, but one person has been to Tanzania twice and others have been involved in missions, too.  We are communicating electronically to get ourselves comfortably positioned for departure on Saturday.

Carol reported that the visa process at the airport was pretty slow.  She also gave a number of tips for navigating JFK airport.  Our fight was moved up to noon, so we will have a six-plus hour layover at JFK.  Thank goodness for my Kindle!

-- Tom