Still sitting here playing games in the sand at Africom in Camp Lemonier. As John Paul Berry always quipped, "I'm still doing better than I deserve" Interesting to see this place as the central hub of nearly all african military personnel on the continent and a lot of refugees/immigrants just for work... met South Africans/Ethiopians/Sudanese/Kenyan/Zambians all just today
because i am exhausted and for the sake of simpleness, here is an outline of my epic day in djibouti:
0530- wakeup (impressive considering no alarm)
0545- sunrise picture-fest & great breakfast
0630- surprise meeting with good friend chaplain wiegelt, former awesome USNA chaplain
0700- waiting for a staff sergeant pickup for our port call (Check my initial thoughts HERE)
0745- still waiting with a fuming, sweaty LCDR, I leave to explore the base for details
0830- port call unrep ship plans are cancelled/mv-22 offsprey chopper flights planned for 1245
0845- watched Fast 5 in a warehouse
1045- reading Knowing God by JI Packer
1245- load up on the tarmac with Marines/pretend to be interested in Marine Corps small talk
1330- no room: our flight cancelled indefinately and return to "rooms"
1400- email & a swim workout (I found a pool!)
1530- baby orphanage trip into town with chaplain...stories to come/*highlight of the day*
1700- interesting dinner conversation with LCDR and a Jamaican and Ethiopian
1745- hanging out with djboutian workers/friends from yesterday
1830- go for a workout but play pickup beach volleyball for 3 hours instead. now a legend in djibouti
2200- fall asleep waiting for wifi to work/ give up and found a computer cafe station instead
still to do:
- shower (maybe)
- watch despicable me on laptop (maybe)
- sleep tight (definite)
to all those back home: hydrate! keep praying for endurance to take steps of faith amidst all the frustrating delays....
WITH JOY for the King and the Kingdom!
because i am exhausted and for the sake of simpleness, here is an outline of my epic day in djibouti:
0530- wakeup (impressive considering no alarm)
0545- sunrise picture-fest & great breakfast
0630- surprise meeting with good friend chaplain wiegelt, former awesome USNA chaplain
0700- waiting for a staff sergeant pickup for our port call (Check my initial thoughts HERE)
0745- still waiting with a fuming, sweaty LCDR, I leave to explore the base for details
0830- port call unrep ship plans are cancelled/mv-22 offsprey chopper flights planned for 1245
0845- watched Fast 5 in a warehouse
1045- reading Knowing God by JI Packer
1245- load up on the tarmac with Marines/pretend to be interested in Marine Corps small talk
1330- no room: our flight cancelled indefinately and return to "rooms"
1400- email & a swim workout (I found a pool!)
1530- baby orphanage trip into town with chaplain...stories to come/*highlight of the day*
1700- interesting dinner conversation with LCDR and a Jamaican and Ethiopian
1745- hanging out with djboutian workers/friends from yesterday
1830- go for a workout but play pickup beach volleyball for 3 hours instead. now a legend in djibouti
2200- fall asleep waiting for wifi to work/ give up and found a computer cafe station instead
still to do:
- shower (maybe)
- watch despicable me on laptop (maybe)
- sleep tight (definite)
to all those back home: hydrate! keep praying for endurance to take steps of faith amidst all the frustrating delays....
WITH JOY for the King and the Kingdom!
Wow, what an incredible day! It's so neat how God is giving you incredible opportunities to meet Africans and go to a baby orphanage with chaplain Weigelt (!!!). So awesome man, and really neat to hear the climate is a lot like Haiti. Love you bro and praying for you!
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