My return to the US

8/5 - 8/17

I left from Zambia on Tuesday, August 5 for the United States. I had 65kg worth of baggage as I was bringing back a million different things and luckily I wasn't charged for excess baggage. That was a miracle considering 65kg is 143 pounds! My entire luggage arrived without any problems.

I bought a ticket for Amethyst to meet me in Detroit as my flight path took me from Livingstone, Zambia to Johannesburg, South Africa to Amsterdam, Netherlands to Detroit, MI and then finally to Chicago, IL. It was over 30 hours of traveling including layovers before I finally got to see Amethyst for the first time in a three months.

I got over jetlag rather quickly. My time back to home was short live though as I would be soon leaving for my new home in Florida. But I did have enough time to spend with friends of old in Stevens Point and Lake Geneva. Amethyst and I went to my old employer's company picnic on Saturday. AIG Travel Guard is America's leading travel insurance provider. It also the same company that I received my full college scholarship through. Many were surprised to have seen Amethyst and me. We had an enjoyable time catching up with many familiar faces.

Sunday, was a time to see many people from the church that I attended while in college. Many are supporters of ours. In the evening, we had an open house highlighting my trip to Africa and casting vision for the future.

Monday, we met with a good friend of mine who escaped from the Democratic Republic of Congo during the time of war during the 1990's.

Later in the week we had an opportunity to meet with pastors from my home church to discuss about full-time support and for Amethyst and I to cast vision for the next 5-7 years. At Saturday service we were sent out from Calvary Church and we had an opportunity to set up a booth for after service. On Sunday we had another open house to recap this past summer and to cast vision for the future.

Then it was packing, packing, packing. Amethyst and I planned on leaving at early on Monday.