On Our Way!

We were all thrilled that the day came to leave our transition phase of the journey and make our way to Werkok. It would take two flights, the first to Lokichobi, still in Kenya but near the Sudanese border. In Loki, we boarded a bush plane owned by AIM. Eric took the controls of the plane while Mike our pilot enjoyed his lunch.The highlight of this leg of the journey was flying over Zion Church just before landing. Zion Church was built by the community after 30,000 people gathered to burn their traditional animism idols on this site.
We were greeted by Dave and Joy Mueller and their boys Ian, Forrest and Cameron. The Muellers arrived a week prior and have committed to staying on site for 9 months to oversee the project.

We were pleasantly surprised by our accomodations. The men's bunks were in an old Red Cross type
tent while the women were welcomed into a lovely "tukel", a mud-hut with a grass roof, bats, lizards, and mice included. We guys were so envious. Within two hours our girls were needing to be toweled down because of the heat. I'm sorry. I just thought that was hilarious.
Our first greeting once in the compound was by three children, one of whom was wearing zip-up fleece pajamas during the heat of the day and was sweating profusely. I'm sure it was either that or run around naked.
Welcome to Sudan....