The Trip to "The Island"

I did receive an email from Shannon, shortly after posting yesterday. He had emailed before I posted but it didn't get here until a couple of hours later.

They arrrived safely in Arusha for a night of rest before continuing on their journey. Unfortunately, much of the checked in baggage did not arrive, including Shannon's. They were hoping it would be there this morning when they arrived to fly to Mwanza. They should be in Mwanza now possibly looking at some land today and meeting some other ministry leaders. Tomorrow at 9AM (1AM our time) they will travel to Maisome Island. Last year to get to the island they first rode a bus for 6 hours, including some time on a ferry with the bus, then got on a small boat to travel several more hours out into Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is the second-largest freshwater lake in the world behind Lake Superior in northern Minnesota. It is a fairly unstable lake. Becuase of its size if there is much of a breeze or weather in the area the waves get large. Here is a picture of the boat they took last year.

Last year, by the time they arrived at the island the bottom of the boat was filled with water. The two engines didn't run as much as they did run. According to Collin, the guys running the boat were able to keep one of the two engines running...most of the time. Pray for continued safe travel and for missing luggage.