Sierra Leone, Day 10

For R&R, we sure work hard!

Being our last full day in Sierra Leone, and having given our presentation last night, today was reserved for debriefing and decompressing from the last week and a half of assessing, reporting and presenting. After breakfast, we took off in two cars on a two hour, bumpy-as-no-other car ride to River No. 2, one of the nicest beaches in Sierra Leone.

River No. 2

Ironically, after not raining the whole two hours it took to get there, it started pouring almost the minute we hit the beach. But the minute I stepped into the ocean, the rain didn't matter, because the water was so warm! Being from California, growing up with the Pacific all my life, the ocean has always been a painfully fun experience, too cold to stay in for long but too fun to leave. The atlantic felt like a jacuzzi! And with the rain pouring down as we swam, it felt like a scene out of Shawshank Redemption or something like that.

Proof!

Anyways, after a great time in the water and some fresh barracuda and rice, it was time to head back to the ship. Another 2.5 hours and one overheated engineer later, we got back to The African Mercy just in time to grab dinner.

Hooray for muddy roads!

I may or may not have fallen asleep on the ride back...

By far the best part of the day was after dinner. We did a debrief highs/lows/prayer request/affirmations time, going person by person around the team. A great time to hear how the rest of the team has grown, and share a little bit as well.

Brad and Aqua Honey Badger work late into the night

Now its time to pack up! We leave for the airport at noon tomorrow, via car to a ferry to another car to the airport. Our flight leaves Sierra Leone at 7pm and hits Brussels around 6am. We're planning on taking a train into town once we get there and grabbing Belgian waffles for breakfast, should be fun!

Please pray for safe travels as we go by land, sea and air. Looking forward to updating again soon.

In Christ,

-Mike