Just for reference, the Freetown airport is located in Lungi, a peninsula across a really large "river" from the main city of Freetown. I've included a map below for people like me who need visual aids:
So, at this point, we'd already been traveling for over 24 hours. We're pretty worn out. Pastor Jacob (the pastor/construction manager who has helped us on our building projects with Change One) met us at the airport, and helped us get our luggage and everything to the ferry dock, so that we could make our way over to Freetown. Once we reached the dock, we learned that we just missed the ferry, but they would send another one soon. So, we waited.
The other ferry arrived around 10:00pm, and we loaded ourselves and our luggage onto the boat. At about 11:30pm, the engine died, and we were stranded, free floating in the river. They finally found a small fishing boat to tug us into the dock, but about half way there, the decided they wouldn't be able to dock properly. So, around 2:00 am, the ferry "docked" at a place called Government Warf, and all the passengers had to climb over the side of the boat, with our luggage, onto the warf. It was an interesting experience being stranded in an unfamiliar part of town in the middle of the night. Thankfully, one of the security guards offered to drive us to where we needed to go. He even helped me haul my suitcase up what seemed like thousands of stairs.
So, today, we slept in a bit and have been trying to rest after last night's ordeal. We got to spend some time with some of the lighthouse youth this morning. It was really sweet to see them again. We had dinner tonight at one of our favorite Lebanese restaurants, too. So, things are looking up a bit!
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