Hannah and I thought we would give everybody an idea of what our first travel day looked like (all times are approximate):
Saturday
8:30 am: Woke up in Chicago, Illinois
8:45 am: Power walked to the U.S. Post Office nearby to ship home items that we packed that were unnecessary or too heavy.
10:00 am: Boarded busses at the hotel for a short trip to O'Hare International Airport.
2:00 pm: Took off from Chicago on our way to Miami, Florida.
6:30 pm: Landed in Miami, Florida.
7:30 pm: Took off from Miami and headed south to the Dominican Republic.
9:30 pm: Landed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
9:45 pm: Picked up our luggage. (Mom, your airporter worked GREAT).
10:00 pm: Purchased Visas and went through customs
11:00 pm: Boarded busses for about a three hour ride to San Juan de la Maguana.
Sunday
2:00 am: Arrived in San Juan de la Maguana.
2:15 am: Finished unloading baggage and moved into our home for the month.
2:30 am: Ate wonderful tacos that our host had bought.
3:00 am: Finished setting up our sleeping pads and finally went to sleep.
4:30 am: Woke up to a symphony of snoring (we were staying with multiple teams last night).
8:00 am: Ministry Orientation with our host.
Hannah and I are a few blocks from decent wifi and should be able to post with some regularity this month. We find out tomorrow what our ministry will be for the month, but have been assured it will be manual labor. Please pray that we build callouses quickly! We love you all and will try to get pictures to upload as soon as possible.
