Packing

Of the millions decisions involved in going on a mission trip and travelling overseas, many of those are going toward planning what to take with us and what to leave behind. There’s only so much space in our bags. We’re part of a group going, so we’re taking the fellowship of other people with our luggage. We answered a couple of questions about what’s going with us….
 
“What are you packing?”
 
Scott-
“While I am planning on not staying connected, I did realize that I do need a few things in order to be Twittering from Kenya, and “just in case”.  I am planning to take my Blackberry Curve. I need to get it unlocked.  It looks like I’ll be packing an Acer mini notebook to have something on hand in case I need it while there. Other than that, I’m taking mostly clothes of various kinds.  I’m planning to pack light and do some laundry at the half way point there.  I’m concerned about the plane flight… I need to figure out how to keep myself occupied, and how to sleep.  These will be the longest flights I’ve ever taken.  I don’t sleep well on planes, so some sort of sleeping pill will be going with me.”
 
Madison-
“I’m packing clothes. They told us to over pack so that we don’t end up with only dirty stuff to wear by the end of the trip.  I’m going to take my iPod and DS at least for the plane.  We’re collecting soccer balls to take over.  I’m still not really sure what the weather will be like.  I have to take my backpack over to have with me everyday.  I am also going to take my video camera and normal camera so I can record blogs daily. I’m going to take my binoculars to hopefully see some awesome animals like MONKEYS!  We’re taking bug spray for all the bugs.”

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“Do you know other people that are going?”
 
Madison-
“I’ve met them a couple of times, but I haven’t really talked to them talked to them yet.  I’ve kind of just gotten to know them a little so far. There are 5 other kids going, including one other 14 year old who is almost my age.  Her name is May. There are 4 other kids older than me who are 15-17 years old.  They seem nice.  I hope to get along with them while we are in Africa.”
 
 
Scott-
“We’re just starting to get to know the people we are going with. We’ve met together two times.  One of the gals is only 14 and is going without the rest of her family. She had some kind of disease/illness where her body would not tell itself that it was full. You can’t tell from looking at her now, but at one time she was extremely overweight.  The doctors told her it was likely she would have a heart attack before she was 18.  They were trying tons of different medications but nothing was working.  To hear her tell it, her body wasn’t able to work right until her parents started to pray by laying their hands on her every night.  She’s already had to live through a lot being only 14.”

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~ by scottandmadison on June 8, 2009.