In Salt Lake we had a long delay because our tickets hadn't been paid for. In New York, Air France wouldn't give us a bording pass because my name had been spelled different than on my passport. It took one hour for us to get boarding passes. After boarding the plane they took my carry-on saying it was too big. This is the same one I have always used. I had to fight to not pay another $150 for the extra checked bag. We then arrived without yellow fever cards because they were in the very carry-on that I was forced to check, so then I had to talk our way through customs.
When we arrived in Douala, the baggage from the two planes were thrown all over the floor in baggage area, and we couldn't get a cart. The baggage carriers won't let you have them because they force you to pay them to carry your bags. The young missionaries were watching what was happening and were trying to get into immagration to help us. Finally Elder Shaw talked a guard into letting him in. It was so good to see him. Unfortunately he was a little too late to keep us from having to pay $40 U.S. to get our bags.
The apartment here is very nice. The Bakers are staying until Saturday morning. President Livingstone will be here tomorrow night for zone conference. After that we will then be on our own. At this point I don't think we can even find anything. We are going shopping tomorrow to look around and learn to find our way around. We also met the Branch President. He took us to the bank and helped us set up our account. I am quite nervous. I tried to call several of the you kids using Skype. We could hear you but you couldn't hear us so you hung up. We have since been able to get it working.
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3 comments:
With all the problems you have had so far, you should be ready for anything. Aren't international experiences great?
Sounds like you guys had an exciting time. My email address is dannysteve@hotmail.com. Hope all is going well.
Dan
It's good to hear that you got to Douala safely but what a bummer to have so many hassles with airlines, bags, etc. I am excited to hear about your missionary adventures in Africa! You are in our thoughts and prayers!
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