We're HERE!!!

We finally made it!  

We arrived in Libreville around noon (or 6 am Michigan time) on Friday.  That is a whole day later than expected.  We ended up getting re-routed to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia after at 13-hour layover in the Frankfort, Germany airport.  From Addis Ababa we flew into Gabon.  


Whoa!  So that was over 21 hours of just flying and about 18 hours of just waiting in airports.  Our sleep schedule is off, but it will get back on track soon enough J

It is so good to be back in Libreville!

We will post some pictures soon.  

Love,

The Lewans

"We're Leaving On a Jet Plane"

Hey Ya'll

We are currently in Georgia (Alicia had a PA interview at Emory...cross your fingers!)  We are about to leave for the airport to embark on our next journey in life.

Our first flight will be to Frankfurt, Germany for 9 hours! Wooo...that's a long time

Then our next flight will take us to Libreville, Gabon for 8 hours!  This will be our home for the next 2 months while we learn French.

In case you couldn't do the math that is 17 hours of flying!

Just an FYI...it is currently 86 degrees with scattered thunderstorms in Gabon!  Definitely not anything like Michigan weather right now...

We will let you know when we arrive if the internet is working :)

Love,
Dan and Alicia Lewan

 

Update on our life as the Lewans so far....

We  finally graduated....

It felt good to finally graduate from CMU a week before we got married.  We loved Central and it felt weird to leave the place we spent the last 4 years of our lives.  This is the place where we met our best friends, faced the biggest challenges, and met the love of our lives.  Who knows where we would be today if either of us had not decided to go to Central?  

On another awesome note.....WE FINALLY GOT MARRIED!!!!

Yay!!!!

December 18,  2010

     They say that a wedding goes by so quickly, and holy cow is that true!  It is so crazy how fast it went by.  We had about 230 people show up for our wedding.  Only 2 people did not show up (the 2 that did not show up were really sick)...the Reception Hall says they have never seen a wedding where just about everyone shows up!  (Who would have thought with it being only a week before Christmas?) We were overwhelmed with the feeling of truly being blessed with AWESOME people in our lives.  The wedding was so much fun and we just wish we could keep experiencing it over and over again.

    We went to Tennessee for our honeymoon, which was really great!  It was good to get away from all the school, wedding, and internship stress and go be a married couple.  We rented a house 3,000 feet up in the Smokies.  It was beautiful.  We went to the Ripley's Believe it or Not museum, Ripley's Aquarium, and Guinness Book of World Records Museum (which were all super awesome!)  We also saw Cirque Chine (kind of like Cirque Soleil), and we still cannot comprehend how the performers move their bodies like that.  Lastly, we went on a beautiful day hike through the Smokey Mountains.  It was sad to come back to Michigan.  haha.

     We are now living in my grandpa's house (he is now back in Florida).  We are grateful to have a house all to ourselves as newlyweds.  We are basically just organizing our lives, hanging out with friends and family, tackling all the thank-you notes, packing for Africa, and visiting Panera Bread Co. often (they have free internet).

    The plane tickets are officially bought for Africa and we CANNOT wait to leave.  We even got our International driver's licenses today...now we just need to perfect our stick-shift driving skills.

    Thank you for all your continued support.  We will be sure to keep you updated!  :)

Peace & Love,
Alicia and Dan Lewan

So YOU Wanna Come?

We would love for you to come out and help us serve!  

Please go to this website and get more information or sign up to come :)

http://www.cmalliance.org/serve//trips/gabon

Peace & Love,

Alicia and Dan :)

What will we be doing?

Great Question!!!!  What does a person do for a  year in Africa?  Here are a few things we will be up to: plus a whole lot more :)

• Creating programming and coordinating service projects for Short-Term teams from the US and Canada
• Supervising ministry interns from Nyack and Toccoa Falls colleges
• Hosting guest doctors and staff serving in the hospital
• Partnering with area churches finding new ministry and service opportunities
• Assisting with on-going Hospital expansion projects
• Undergoing an intense French language learning program
• Possibly assisting with medical work in the hospital (Alicia)
• Possibly assisting the Hospital bookkeeper (Dan)
• Serving as part of the Hospital missions teams in any way possible

Fundraising!

Hello!!!!

I (Alicia) am assuming that since you are visiting our blog that you have received our letter and/or we sent you here....so thanks for visiting!

We cannot tell you how much appreciate your support!  Please sign up to follow our blog as we will be updating it often to allow you to know what is going on every step of the way.  We are inviting you into our first time as missionaries and into our first year of marriage (should be fun and interesting)

If you are sending contributions (which are tax deductible)

The website is  http://cmalliance.org/give/designated 

Account Name: “Dan Lewan” or "Alicia Trudeau" 

Account number 1-47601-49-11

(There is also the option of writing a check to:  "The Christian and Missionary Alliance/Global Ventures" and designate “Lewan” or “Trudeau” either on the check or on a note enclosed with the check.)  

Send the check to:   

               Global Ventures Office

   The Christian and Missionary Alliance

   PO Box 35000

               Colorado Springs  CO  80935-3500

Thank you for your prayers and support! Please feel free to contact us at: lewans.in.gabon@gmail.com 

Peace & Love,

Alicia and Dan :)

Letters are out!!!

Support letters have been sent out and the fundraising has begun! stay tuned for more information about our mission in Gabon. More to come!!!!!!