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Moving to Angola
My wife and I and our four children left the United States for Angola on November 9, 2022. After two and a half years of slow and careful planning, we spent three panicked days of packing before the departure date. We were trying to take as few checked bags as possible, but over those three…
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Memoir: Welcome to Menongue
Airport My flight from Luanda stopped briefly at the town of Kuito to pick up more passengers and then continued to Menongue. I had been traveling over 40 hours on little sleep, but I was on the home stretch. I was the next-to-last person to disembark the plane and enter the terminal. At the immigration…
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Memoir: Germany, 12 Mar 2020
The story opens in Frankfurt, Germany as the impacts of the “novel coronavirus” hit home. Angola’s history and current challenged are covered. The backstory is unfolded as to how we were called to go to Angola, the requirements that had to be met, and our insecurities regarding the entire venture. Faith triumphs over fear. Masks…
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Memoir: Title page and preface
The title page and preface of my book: Welcome to Angola, Something Always Goes Wrong: A Memoir of Missions and COVID-19
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We have our visas!
This is our first blog post. It is about us getting our visas, Michael’s first trip to Angola, our preparations for departure, our travel itinerary, Michael’s second trip to Angola for a wedding, and what we plan to do in Angola during our first term, including a list of the ministries that they do there.
Welcome to Angola 