Moni! This morning, May 26, we left Washington D.C. at 11:00 AM to begin our 18-hour travel journey to Malawi, Africa. The first plane we rode in was bigger than any of us have ever seen before. There were 43 rows with nine people in each, not including first class. The plane had great movies to watch and lots of room to walk around, so we were all able to move around every two hours, as instructed by our very own student nurse, Jenny Phelan. The first few hours flew by, as most of us watched a movie, read a book, or attempted to sleep from the exhausting and every exciting day in D.C., then we did our best to rest and entertain ourselves in between meals. The food wasn’t bad. We had the choice between pasta, beef, or a vegetable plate for lunch and then had sandwiches for dinner; those were good! For breakfast this morning (5 a.m. Ethiopian time, 11 p.m. Nashville time) we had beans, hash browns, and croissants. We got off the plane in Ethiopia and had about a 2-hour layover in a very small, crowded, busy airport. The second plane was much smaller, but the flight was only about four hours long. We finally got to Malawi, but we had quite the wait and interesting interaction with other tourists going through customs. After about an hour and a half wait and being shoulder to shoulder with our entire plane, we were greeted by a few of the people we were staying with here at the Mtenerde Orphanage. The men loaded all of our bags onto the buses and then we were on our way to meet all the children and teachers! Continue reading Our long flight to Malawi from the USA, “A Students Diary” →