Update

Hi everyone - this is Nate. I spoke with Steph today and she said it doesn't look they will have electricity over there which also means no internet I'm told. She asked that I update the blog with her events as often as possible so here goes. Just remember, I may not get everything right so please don't shoot the messenger!

I spoke to Steph for about 5 minutes today around 11:30 am central time which I believe would make it 6:30pm in Nigeria. Today they arrived in Owerri which is the town/village where the clinic is located. Steph said they spent last night (Tuesday) in Lagos which is the town they flew into from Amsterdam and it sounded like the plane ride was fairly uneventful. Steph said she was running on approximately 5 hours of sleep since she woke up Monday morning the day they left, so as you can imagine, she was exhausted. The flight from Lagos to Owerri was just a couple hours and once they landed in Owerri, it sounded like they didn't waste any time getting over to the clinic and putting their skills to good use. They spent the afternoon working at the clinic and I assume getting acclimated to their new environment. She said it is very hot there and that will take some getting used to. She is staying in a 3 bedroom guest house and since there are 6 of them on the trip, I'm not sure if that means there are 2 people sharing a room or there are 2 guest houses. She said there was running water, but no electricity. Like I said, our conversation was very short and she closed by saying she was going to go take a shower and still needed to set up her mosquito netting around her bed. Kind of makes me think the 6 inches of snow we're supposed to get here in MN tomorrow not seem so bad....

She thanked everyone for their thoughts and prayers and I do as well. They will be doing some great things over there and I will update you as often as possible.

Regards,
Nate