Our Destination

Impfondo on the map (picture taken
from Google Maps)

A little more information on our African destination...

(Picture take from http://famouswonders.com/impfondo/)

We will be going to Impfondo, Republic of Congo.  Impfondo is located on the west side of Africa, on the banks of the Oubangui River, a major tributary of the Congo River. It is a town of about 20,000 people and the official language of the city is French.  Impfondo is five hours ahead of Minnesota time and the weather is vastly different.  It is 80 degrees with 80% humidity most of the time.  Although Impondo is located in a dense tropical rainforest, called the Congo River Basin Rainforest, it has paved roads.  Impondo also has an airport and a hospital.  The hospital there is where we'll be working.

Brazzaville on the map (picture taken
from Google Maps)

According to the information we were given from World Medical Missions, the Pioneer Christian Hospital is a 60-bed hospital, composed of 32 buildings on a 17-acre campus.  The hospital has male, female, pediatric, surgical, and maternity wards.  It also has an outpatient clinic and an emergency department.  There are three operating rooms, one of them dedicated for ophthalmology.  The hospital has a portable x-ray, ultrasound, EKG, pharmacy, chaplaincy, and a well equipped laboratory.

When we first get to Africa, we will be flying into Brazzaville, which is the capital city of the Republic of Congo. We will stay there for two nights where we can rest up, explore, practice our French, and attend 

picture of the chapel at the hospital
(picture taken from www.laurafoudy.blogspot.com)

church services!  Then we will fly from Brazzaville to Impfondo on the third day.  Someone from the hospital will meet us at the airport and bring us to the hospital.  From what I understand, we will be staying either at the hospital, or very close to!  We're getting very excited to get there and serve!