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| Sunset in Bangui |
Our journey to the Central African Republic began at 2am. Saturday morning as we loaded our luggage and left for the airport. We arrived in Bangui 2pm Sunday, I think all the guys would say it was a test of endurance but now we can relax a little and sleep in a bed tonight. We thank God for protecting us on our flights and allowing us to make all of our connecting flights. We are especially thankful that all of our luggage arrived with us; we had 18 checked bags at 50pounds full of donated tools and gifts for orphans plus 2 carry ons a piece. Our first flight out of Cleveland ran out of storage space for the luggage and had to put some bags in a closet in the main cabin so that tells you we were leaving our mark
Once we arrived at the guest house we enjoyed some cool water and made our introductions with the ICDI staff who are here. Jay Parks is the Chief Financial Officer and Jay Hocking helps with the computer network for ICDI in the CAR. Now for what we came for, we drove to the property we will be working at which is called PK 22. PK 22 is the name for property that ICDI(Integrated Community Development International www.icdinternational.org)has aquired from the CAR government to use as its new headquarters for the water well drilling and Agricultural teams. One area will be used as a shop area with storage and mechanical repair capabilities. The other parts of the property are being used to grow fruits and vegetables. Our projects will impact both areas of PK 22.
The attached pictures show some of the equipment we will be working with that was shipped from the Wooster area. God also welcomed us with an amazing sunset while we concluded our time at PK 22 for today. Thanks to God and thanks you for your prayers!
Tim Harley
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