Well…we had a good flight down; though I can't say any of us want to see another plane for at least a week! 12 hours! Wow. sorry for the delay in any blog activity. Once we deplaned we exchanged money, got on a bus and went to the Johannesburg Church of Christ building--beautiful!--so limited time to blog...AND I found out my international phone package was not working. Aaaagh! As we pulled into the drive all the host families were waiting for us and greeted us so warmly and with much affection and gratitude. It was such a treat as the lack of sleep was catching up to us; their encouragement was uplifting. We met in their chapel which has glass doors that can be slid back to allow the breeze to come through…oh, the weather: mid-70's, low humidity…in a word awesome! After some brief introductions and encouragements (your children have been amazing with their attitudes and fun--they are tired but completely happy an I took the time to publicly thank them; well deserved.) We each met our host family and then took off to their homes, where we are being hosted in high fashion. In fact, I am typing this after spending a couple hours at a dinner party with several host families. Their kids are getting to meet our kids and having a blast. Oh, back to my phone: as soon as I got to my hosts house, I jumped on his phone to get it fixed. Needless to say after 45 minute on a long distance call back to the States (yikes on that bill!), we got it working SOOOO the blogging can continue. Right now most of the kids are working towards going to sleep (at least I hope they are as I threatened them to go to sleep as we have a big day tomorrow.)
The brother who is hosting Jennifer, Samantha, Rachel Thomas, and me was telling us about his life during the car ride to his house; turns out he knows many of the same people as Jennifer and I do! In fact, he is very close friends with two of my previous roommates as he was converted in Atlanta in the 80's. Amazing how the bonds of the Kingdom extend many miles and many days--uh hmmm years. We got to talking about how cool it will be in 20-25 years when our kids are talking about how they knew some the same people because of their time together at camp this next week--that is one the great benefits of having camps, hey!?
Well, I am about to fall out and don't want to be rude to my hosts any more than I have, so I am going to say good bye for now. Really wanted to get a post to you so you can be informed and inspired. Tomorrow, we are heading to the Lion & Rhino park, then a local market to get some homemade souvenirs; you can expect more blogging from the kids from now on. Much love, Jeff BTW, pray for H@TS and all the great things that will be happening there.
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