The rest of the medical mission team--50 or so people--was due to arrive in Livingstone yesterday (Saturday). We sent two buses for the people and a flatbed truck (lorry) for the luggage. We could have skipped the luggage truck, because not one single piece of checked baggage arrived with the passengers!
It seems that the airline for the last leg of the journey from Johannesburg, South Africa, to Livingstone didn’t purchase enough fuel. The heavier the weight, the more fuel required--so the airline’s solution was to send the passengers and keep their luggage in Johannesburg for a later flight. They also decided that there were too many passengers, so six of our team members got to spend the night in Johannesburg.
The good news is that those who did get to come arrived safely and were able to get settled in at Namwianga. The overnighters will land in Livingstone at noon today—hopefully well rested. The luggage is due in later this afternoon.
David & Linda Gregersen.
About Us
- David and Linda Gregersen
- Mount Vernon, Missouri, United States
- My husband and I lived at Namwianga Mission in Zambia for five years from 2005 until April, 2010. This blog began as a chronicle of our time there. We are now back in the United States and living in Mt. Vernon, Missouri. I am still connected with the work at Namwianga and still post now and then about something related to Namwianga or Africa, and sometimes a personal update.
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