onwards

Well, apparently, I'm a slacker...there are some things I did not take into account when I agreed to keep this blog:

1. This is Africa, which has:
a. no internet connection.
OR
b. really, really bad internet connection.
AND
2. I forget things.

Yes, obviously, I did reach South Africa safely well, about two weeks ago. I did this without panicking AND without getting lost AND managing to make all my flights on time. Those of you who know me will realize that this is a small miracle in and of itself because I. Hate. Flying.

So, basically my missionary family friends picked me up at the airport in Durban, South Africa around 8:00 at night after almost 30 hours of travel. Suffice to say that I don't like plane food or babies that scream a lot when you hit a little bit of turbulence. Yep.

We spent the night in Durban and then headed up to the area where the team normally ministers, around a town called Manguzi in Africa near the Mozambican border. It was interesting--we were in the area when Kingsley Holgate's Boundless Tour of Southern Africa came through. If you don't know who this guy is, you should check him out--they are doing some pretty neat stuff and we were able to

After we spent about three nights in South Africa, we moved north to Mozambique, where we have been ever since in a small town on the Indian Ocean. Basically, what I have been up to is attempting to organize some things before the team comes in a week like, the menu and the praise and worship songs. I am having limited success. I also spent two nights at an orphanage in Momoli, Mozambique as kind of a forerunner thing for the team as we will be working there.

My last week before the team arrives is apparently going to be spent preparing and freezing food for our stay at the orphanage and helping with school for my friends. It has been a bit more relaxed than I had expected, but I have enjoyed it and continued to pray that God's purpose in my coming would be accomplished in whatever I do. This is only a skeleton outline of everything...it's been incredible though. I can't wait till the team arrives and we get to some serious work though...