It looks like Art is finally on a plane to Chad. A few more hours and he should be there. A 24 hour delay is not very nice, but looking at the bright side, we heard from friends in Chad that they had a TWO WEEK delay in flights to get to Cameroon. It’ll be a rush to get everything done in order for Art to keep his plans to travel to Mongo tomorrow, but we are hopeful.

On another note, one of the translator’s sons has been sick. The family has been treating him for malaria. We have yet to hear any more news. For awhile recently, it was not a good time to be sick in Chad because the hospitals, as well as the schools, have been on strike. The employees have been working for a long time without getting paid by the gov’t. This of course leads to strikes which leads to many who are sick, getting sicker, and the children not being taught. Thankfully the health workers should be back as of yesterday. The teachers, we’re still not sure about.