at Bongolo. Annelise, like us, is part of the Samaritan's Purse Post Residency Program. She is a general surgeon ultimately headed for Angola, but while she was waiting to get her visa, she came here to Bongolo to help out. Much giggling could be heard in the kitchen that first night of her arrival, and this was an indication of things to come. Any time Wendy and Annelise were in the same room, giggles were bound to follow..
We didn't know how long we would have Annelise here as our roommate, but we often joked about calling in to the Angolan embassy to slow down the visa process (so we could have her here longer.) But those folks at Samaritan's Purse were just too persistent, and earlier this month, we said goodbye to our roommate, and she headed off with her 5 suitcases, along with part of our hearts. We're so thankful to know that this life is just a time to meet a bunch of people, and once we get to heaven, we will have unlimited amounts of time to get to know them and hang out.
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We have lots of good memories from our time with Annelise. There's the wonderful smells of fresh baked bread that often wafted from the kitchen. And the fun we had in making cutout Christmas cookies - the misfit cookies included a snake, a bird-man, a giant, and a headless angel! And then there was Annelise's constant search for snakes (she loves them) - unfortunately for her (but fortunately for us) she never found any. And there was her always cheerful and adventurous spirit, which even got Eric to go caving for his first time in the caves under Bongolo Hospital. Here's a couple of pictures from the event.
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Here's Lisa (another missionary) and Annelise, getting geared up for the event:
During the caving event - we went through some pretty tight spots!
After the event - we were a mess and we literally jumped in the river to clean off!
Life was never dull at "Chez SP", as Annelise liked to call our house. Annelise is now in Kenya, and will soon be in Angola, where I'm sure many more adventures await her!
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