Sanibona!
We have arrived safely in South Africa! Our first flight kept us on the ground for two hours prior to departure due to a broken pressure machine. Unfortunately this made us miss our flight from Atlanta to Johannesburg, South Africa. Delta supplied each of us with three food vouchers and 4 hotel rooms to share between the team. We were bummed to not be on our way, however, it was a blessing to have time to reconnect and bond a little bit more. We had a nice quiet New Year in Atlanta, with half of the team asleep before midnight!
The final flight landed in Durban in the province of KwaZulu-Natal at 9pm on Friday night. We then had our first South African car ride – 3 hours driving through rain, thunder, and lightning – arriving at Ashtonvale Guest Farm. Saturday and Sunday provided us with a chance to recover from jetlag and see some of the countryside. It is BEAUTIFUL here. We are constantly surprised with how green everything is. Saturday morning we met our hosts, the lovely couple that runs HNO (the organization that we are working with). Chris and Lyndell are great and have three beautiful little girls. In the afternoon Chris and Lyndell took us on a hike through a forest of moss covered trees and mud! We heard a lot of animals and saw incredible views!
This morning we went to church. The members there welcomed us with open arms! We were given the opportunity to see more of the country with a visit to a dairy farm. That was an adventure!
In the morning we will hop in a van and head to Matatiele, a village about 3 hours away from where we are now (the village of Bulwer). We will be putting on a “holiday club” or vacation bible school, for the children in an orphanage there. We will be spending a week working in the orphanage and will then head back to Bulwer and spend the rest of our time working with HNO.
We are so excited to spread the love of Christ to the orphans. Thank you again for all of your faithful prayers. Our specific prayer requests for the week would be that we would be effective in ministering to the children, that God would work through the language barrier and that we would continue to stay healthy and safe!
Salani Kahle (Zulu for ‘stay well’),
Team South Africa
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6 comments:
So thankful to know for certain that you are all well and enjoying the sights and sounds of South Africa!! We will pray for your week as you share the love of Christ with the children.
We are happy that you arrived safely in South Africa. We will be praying for you as you minister to the children at the orphanage. To God be the glory!
Glad to know you are well and what you are experiencing. I will continue to pray for you all.
Ronnie!!
I am so glad you finally arrived safely in SA! I will be praying for you and the team as you share Christ's love with the people you come in contact with!
I love you so much and am so proud of you!!
Sounds like a great experience so far. Looking forward to more stories on the blog. Will also be praying for you all to be safe as well as effective in spreading God's love to the orphans and others.
I am praying for the whole team, and I know the Lord will use you all to show His love to everyone you each come into contact with.
Caeley, I love you, and am thinking of you and praying for you daily! :) And I miss you!!
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