Arrived safe in Kinshasa!

Great flight overnight from Atlanta to Paris. 7 of the team are on this flight together and we will pick up Jim Carse in Paris. He flew 2 hours earlier than the rest of us. Ira Dworkin is already in Kinshasa having flown in a few days ago. It is almost 2 AM East Coast Time as I write this and by 6 PM, we will be landing in Kinshasa (6 hours ahead of East Coast US. We were able to check all the trunks and only had to pay about $500 in extra baggage charges.

Everyone is excited and everyone also realizes the excellent service we got on Air France last night and will get today going to Kinshasa is likely to be the last “schedule” we manage to achieve for two weeks. We are about to enter Congo time – different than the rest of the world. Slower pace, poverty, mighty struggles. The average family – repeat family – income is $300 U.S. a YEAR! We can’t do squat with $300 a year… neither can they.

We may be able to use Skype to make computer to computer calls we will try.

Jimmy