Hi Friends,

I'm emailing you from Dav id and Debby Thomas' house in Kigali, Rwanda. Incredible. Our flights were great and I didn't even use drugs on the San Fran to London leg. We slept bits and pieces on the plane and in Heathrow and the Nairobi airports we also napped some. But after a great dinner with David, Debby, Chrissy Muhr and the Thomases kids, we're looking forward to a good nights rest. Tomorrow we fly to Burundi.

Kigali is warm and cloudy. Debby has already showed me around her garden, but Miriam missed it while she was napping.

Thanks for all the book ideas. I read about one chapter of one book and I'm not telling you which book.

Oh...I don't like Heathrow airport. We got excercies walking all over the place. It took us two hours to get from our arrival gate to our departure gate and spent about $30 on a deli lunch before getting out of that airport.

More to come. We are blessed. Oh...did you know that the Thomases don't have water due to road construction? Ah...life in another country.

More later...and Miriam is even beautiful when she is sleep deprived.

Blessings,

Paul

PS - And if you find typos, deal with it. I'm not doing my regular correcting thing while on this trip.

And So The Adventure Begins...Saturday...

Hi Friends,

Miriam and I take off Saturday for Africa. Unreal. I don’t know how often I’ll get to a computer, but I will try to type a bit every chance I have. So you might want to check it out from time to time.

What’s this trip about? It’s about Miriam reconnecting with her childhood history. My plan is to wake up every morning and ask Miriam, what do you want to do today?…and then do my best to make it happen.

Oh, and you can pray for the flying. As many of you know, just getting on the plane is a significant act of sacrifice for me. I have my plans of how to deal with 22 hours of flying, but your prayers might make the friendly sky more friendly. That and the drugs the doctor gave me.

And who knows, maybe I’ll even ask the beautiful Miriam to write, and then you’ll get the real story.

God is good. That we get to take this trip is an amazing gift. We are so grateful. And Jesus, may we be good stewards of this gracious gift you're giving us. May we receive all that you want to give us.

Paul