Yes, we made it home on Friday, February 1st at 12:30pm! Nine hours from Dakar to Atlanta and then a short hop to Chicago. It was made more interesting by news that Chicago expected a significant snow Thursday night into Friday. Would we be stranded in Atlanta? But Delta came through - as did the snow removal crews at O'Hare airport - and we had no problem completing the trip. There was a foot of snow to be plowed, but being home again was welcome.

At the airport, the team said its goodbyes and arranged to get together at Joanne's house a week later. Everyone was tired but happy and satisfied with the trip. The final statistics are yet to be computed, but it appears that the team saw somewhere just short of 560 patients.

There will be a few more posts to complete the story, but we thank everyone who followed our trip and prayed for us during our mission. Your support was very real to us and helped considerably. There are many stories we will want to relate to you! Peace to all!

-- Tom