We arrived safely in Lilongwe after an incredibly long flight. Only event was an ill person on the long portion of the flight (Washington DC to Addis Ababa). Some poor man had flown in from Oregon, then developed diarrhea - he became volume depleted and passed out. We couldn't believe it when they called for medical personnel less than a hour after we took off! He was pretty sick, but we were lucky in that a nurse traveling on the same flight had a whole pharmacy with her (she was going to climb Kilimanjaro) so we used her Imodium and a pedialyte replacement, got him to drink fluids and the stewardesses made a little place to lie down. He ended up doing OK.

We arrived with all our luggage!! yea!!

I am staying in one side of Duplex 3, Jose is in the huts for a couple nights, then he will move into the other side of duplex 3. We even had enough energy when we got here to go to the money bureau, get some dinner out and go to the grocery store for some very basic items. Today we have a full day of getting unpacked, oriented to the clinic again and doing some serious grocery shopping! Thanks for all the prayers for safe travel.