In 1993 I spent the summer in Mozambique, Africa. It was an insane trip. Getting there took us about a week. We flew from the states to Ireland, to Russia, to India, to Zimbabwe. Then we got on a train tot he border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Then we got held up at the border for 12 hours, which is not a place you want to hang out. THen we jumped into a covered truck and drove 2 hours in the night to a missionary compound. We had fire bombs thrown at us...did I mention Moz was in a state of civil war? And when we arrived at the compound they told us 2 months ago they had been kidnapped by rebels and held hostage. NICE! The next day we got into another truck and drove the rest of the way to Beira, Mozambique (with a UN escort).
We stayed in a YWAM facility that had a school and clinic for street children. Our job for the summer was to help refurbish the building to house missionaries and street children. It was kind of insane. I think I washed my clothes twice during the 6 weeks we were in the country, and we took bucket baths (with 1 gallon of water per person) about every 8 days. It's fun to be 16 and not care.
Anyway, I made tons of great friends on that trip, and on Saturday I was able to reconnect with one of my good friend, Chris and his wife Carrie and their newly adopted children, Mykah and Jackson. The last time I saw Chris and Carrie was in 2001, which is insane. It was actually before they even hooked up and married which all happened in 2002. Since then they have been busy, he finished med school, went back into the Army and is doing his residency in HI, and they now have 5 children. Their other 3 stayed out in HI, but Chris came out to Atl to meet Carrie who was flying in from Swaziland with their other 2 children, after a 2 month, intense, adoption trip.
Now they are all united back in HI and I am sure the fun is just beginning. In any case, it was super fun to see my old buddy, Chris. One of these days our two fams are going to hook up for a mission trip, with Dave as a dentist, Chris as a doc, and Carrie as a nurse, we should be unstoppable. I am not sure what I will do, though I said I was NOT going to take care of the kids.
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Neat! Did I attend their wedding with you, or was that someone else?
no, but Chris came to Atl several times. he came swing dancing with us a couple times and i remember one time we went to a japanese restaurant with you and maybe jason, he would always stay with the guys on the compound.
This post sounds totally fake.
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