Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Details of PLAN B "Later" explained about June 5

"Later" 6/5
Tayo as promised was taking good care of us until we got to the desk where they check your passports.  He didn't know how much better care he would have to take of us after the agent told us we had used our single entry visa into Liberia even though it was good for 30 days.  Tayo made sure that we went to The Gambia Bird agent to rebook for the next day so we wouldn't have to rebuy our ticket. Still there was a fine for our mistake.  After that Allisun took over. He tried to help us call Emmanuel in Liberia so they would know not to expect us.  He helped us call Franklyn who promised to meet us at the Liberian Embassy.  Allisun secured the taxi, got us to the ferry and told us how to proceed from there.  All worked well until we were almost on the other side where we were delayed because the President of the country was in the area.  At 1:15 we began the taxi ride to the Embassy, a journey that took us two hours ( but probably was a 45 minute trip) and yet our first taxi broke down.Franklyn had been there a long time waiting on us but thankfully had secured the photographer for the two extra passport pictures.  This proved also to be a very expensive mistake we made,but thankfully they gave us the emergency visa.  

Samuel came back to the rescue providing his car to take us half the way to the ferry.  They were concerned that we couldn't make it to the ferry in 2 hours but they also had class at 5 and we surely didn't want them missing class for us.  They secured a cab in town who was a good driver and brought us to  the landing at the right time so we could EAT.  This was our first meal since lunch yesterday.  Fish and chips never tasted so good.

Night after June 5 adventure
We are now in the Alisam Guesthouse about 2 minutes from the airport ready for the 10:30 flight in the morning.  We have tried to call Emmanuel.  He called us at one point today and so has been given sketchy details.

How do we show appreciation to all the people who have ministered to us today?
What were we to learn from this experience? We know that in all things we are to give thanks.  We have tried to relax and display cheerfulness when encountering all the people we met, whether the lady that processed our visas or the waitress who served the fish.  
We are tired but we are well.  Two more days before the adventure going home.  I had just as soon it be unadventurous.  We have had about all the adjustments and drama we can handle for now.

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