Shane in Pakistan

I will be traveling this year with a group of people from Eastern Mennonite Missions to Pakistan. Our aim is to offer ongoing help with the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake. We will be helping with the cleanup and rebuilding effort in a village called Bugna. For more information about Eastern Mennonite Missions, you can have a look at their website: emm.org.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Arrival

After a long flight, the four of us landed in Islamabad. Mr. Mujtaba and company was waiting for us outside, but we had to first get our baggage. This is when we noticed that two of our bags were missing! My toolbox was nowhere to be seen, and David's only extra set of clothes was missing. The toolbox was a bit inconvenient, but Dave is totally without a change of clothes. We filed a report with the airport, which was a good long process, and proceeded to our hotel.

We got to the hotel around 10:00 AM Pakistan time, and all of us took a good nap. Our driver, Haroon, took us to a restaruant in town, and we had a fine lunch. Prelude to lots of Pakistani cooking goodness.

The next day, we had a meeting with the CEO of the Human Development Foundation, Mr. Saleem. He thanked us for coming and welcomed us to Pakistan.

From there, we took of f for Bugna. We eventually arrived somewhere around 1:00 AM.

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