The Copeland Ramblings/

Almost a month

As we approach the end of our first month in Guinea it really is amazing how fast time has flown! A couple of days ago we took a five hour trip to our mission headquarters. It’s been a great time to rest and get to know some of our co-workers. Yesterday we took a trip [...]

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End of the first week

We are starting our second week here in Conakry! It seems like we’ve been here forever. Some days have been insanely busy, some have been very relaxed. We spend most days just meeting our neighbourhood and chatting (all in French) as well as setting up our home. While that may not sound too busy, throwing [...]

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Beginnings

It’s hard to know where to begin! In some ways it seems like we’ve been here forever yet it’s only been five days. Our flights went quite well, they were not fun, and seemed very long but overall the boys did really well. We were late arriving into Conakry but our host was waiting for [...]

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Travel Updates

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Leaving in 6.5 hours

We leave in 6 and a half hours! We are still up and packing but hope to head to bed soon. It’s been a busy day but we’ve been with family and that is the most important thing. They’ve been an AMAZING help, we can’t thank them enough! We have the best support team that [...]

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Join us for a live Q&A and say goodbye!

Thanks for joining us! We will start at 6pm PST / 9pm EST. Use the chat window below to message and ask questions. Click on the play button for the feed to begin. If you arrive before we do, refresh the page periodically. Make sure you are watching the video on our site so that [...]

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3 days… Join us tomorrow!

If you have time tomorrow evening, join us on our blog for a live video goodbye and Q&A! It’s taking place here at 6pm PST / 9pm EST. There will be a chat window where you can ask your questions. We’re excited to talk to you all! Today revolved completely around packing. Boxes everywhere, all [...]

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4 Days… Action Packers a plenty!

After plenty of searching we decided to use Rubbermaid Action Packers for our checked baggage to Guinea. They are very tough storage containers that will come in handy in Guinea. They are, however, very difficult to find. Kathleen called countless hardware and department stores in a 50 mile radius trying to find them. We finally [...]

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