Safe Arrival

We're here!
We had a little drama before leaving Cheonan. We just missed the 6pm airport bus, but SoYoung asked the bus company to help us out. They had the bus stop before getting onto the highway, and they drove us out to the Cheonan interchange to let us on. Talk about excellent service!
After getting checked in at the airport, we enjoyed a nice supper at Burger King. Then, we boarded our midnight flight to Dubai.
We arrived in Dubai ahead of schedule, which extended our planned 5 hour layover to almost 7. We wandered and ate and played cards and tried to sleep. Finally, it was time to board the plane to Dar es Salam. There were some delays, but we finally got on the plane and found out what the problem had been. The airconditioner wasn't working - which is a real problem in Dubai. We sat on the plane for about an hour while they tried to fix the AC. Finally, we all got off and went back into the airport to wait for another plane. By the time we finally got to Dar es Salam, we were 4 hours late.
Jackie and the missionary (Evie) and Samuel's family had to wait on us that whole time. Our late arrival meant that we did not have much time to spend with Samuel's family. They treated us to a wonderful meal of Tanzanian food. (Maybe So-Young can post some pictures tomorrow.)
Then today, we took a bus to Dodoma. Traveling through the Tanzanian countryside was amazing. There's just too much to recount everything: grass huts, mud shacks, nice houses, varieties of stores, streetside vendors, vendors raising their snacks to the bus windows.....
We visited the work site for about 30 minutes. That was great. We got to meet our coworkers and get a feel for what we'll be doing: building a roof on a missionary's house.
After getting squared away in our housing (at a Missionary Aviation Fellowship compound), we took a surprise trip to a Chinese restaurant. Shawn was delighted to speak to the owner in Chinese.
After supper we had orientation and devotions. We will be talking about Philippians 2 all week during devotions.
Tomorrow: breakfast at 7:30 and work at 8:00!