Made it!

I am officially in Lome!  I landed in the capital city of Togo about 2 hours ago.  What a blessing.  I was able to sleep on both flights and navigate the Paris airport with a little help :-)  I ended up having two seats to myself on the flight from the States to Paris.  At 5'2" that was just enough room to curl up and take a nap.  I woke up singing 10,000 Reasons....."Bless the Lord oh my soul, oh my soul, worship His holy name."  Perfect.  When I made it to Lome I stepped off the plane and everyone around me was speaking French and all I could do was laugh at myself.  Here I am, traveling by myself, in a foreign country without an ounce of understanding of what is being spoken around me.  What was I thinking!?!  Thankfully, very little thinking was required. I am so thankful that World Medical Mission had me apply for my visa in advance which greatly sped up the process of going through customs, both of my bags made it all the way from the States without issue AND they sent a female American nurse to meet me at the airport with my driver!  Praise the Lord.  I don't know why I worry sometimes.  God has the details all under control.  What more could I ask for? 

Tomorrow we will be waking up early to run some errands around the city before making the 2.5 hour drive out to the hospital.  Right now it sounds like there is one surgical PA and one general surgeon taking all of the surgery call including cesarean sections.  They are switching off and taking call every other night without a post-call day.  I really hope that I can help with some of that burden and take some of the c-sections off their hands.  I am so excited to get started!  Tomorrow is going to be a big day.