Thank you to all of you for your many prayers for our journey to Congo. We arrived safely yesterday around 3pm Congo time (8am Colorado time). From door to door it was 36 hours of travel. A feat we hope to never do again.
To say that prayers were felt would be an understatement. We felt surrounded by the Lord's peace and calm. The girls did amazing and Jack pretty much slept and smiled the entire trip! We sat next to a family with triplets about Jack's age so we felt like we had it easy compared to them! We were able to get seats in the bulk-head with a bassinet. This was such a great blessing and allowed for a bit of extra room for the girls (and us) and a place for Jack to sleep. He even enjoyed just lying in the bassinet and staring at the seatbelt and no-smoking lights :)
We were exhausted when we arrived but we were able to have some dinner and go to bed at our normal bedtime. We all slept really well and felt a bit rested this morning. Tonight was a harder night for the girls to get to sleep as I think they are experiencing the jet lag they were too tired to feel last night. Please pray that they would adjust quickly so that they are not too tired over these next few days.
Our first day on the ship today was really good. Adalynn woke up this morning and really wanted to go to school. She's been talking about her school for months and she couldn't wait to go back. We weren't planning on them going to day, thinking they'd be so tired but she insisted and she had a great time. Cora ended up going to her nursery class for the morning as well. They meet up with Adalynn's class for snack and recess so they enjoyed that very much. It was so sweet to reunite with so many of our ship friends. People gave us a really amazing welcome. Our cabin was clean and the beds were all set up. They even hung our pictures up for us to make it feel like home (we had to take everything down while we were gone as others used our cabin).
We are excited about our transition back and continue to be thankful for your prayers for us during this time.
I've included some pictures from our travel below!
Also wanted to let you know how you can contact us.
Email: is always a great way. This email is fine or you can send one to our personal emails if you prefer. traceylwall@gmail.com or johnwall215@yahoo.com.
I Message: Our I-message account is johnwall215@yahoo.com
Phone: Our number is a Florida number so it is free to call us from your cell phone. Just remember we are 7 hours later than you (if you are in Colorado). Our number is
Mail: We love to receive mail!! It is free for us to receive letters of any kind and they usually get here in a couple weeks! Our address is:
The Walls
M/V Africa Mercy-Crew Mail
PO box 2020
Lindale, TX 75771
Packages: It costs us $8/lb to receive a package directly (ie: to above address) so if you want to send us something that will get here in 2-3 weeks we ask that you please include some money for the shipping costs to receive it. If you want to send something that can get here in 2-3 months instead you can send it to the same address but include FOR CONTAINER ONLY and it will be free for us and arrive on our shipping container 2-3 months after you send it. Address it like this:
The Walls
M/V Africa Mercy-FOR CONTIANER ONLY
PO Box 2020
Lindale, TX 75771
Cora having fun with the iPad
Jack sleeping away in his bassinet.
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