August 2006

August,

James our nephew arrived and then the team from Yakima, WA followed the next day. It is always exciting to have teams, a lot of work, but fun! My kids especially love it. It started of snowing in Jo’burg the day before the team arrived, we were all shocked, just flurries though. The team arrived to one of the worst storms we have had in Swaziland in a long time. Lights and water were out everywhere and trees and power lines down all over. We were without power and water for about 3 days and the team for the first 5 days as they were up north. It was quite the welcome to Africa. Kaden had a blast with this team as it was the first kids crusade he got to be a part of. The team left and James stayed another three weeks.

Beth Moore, an excellent bible study writer, speaker, etc. came to South Africa! So of course that called for a road trip with my Wednesday morning bible study group. All 10 of us crammed into two cars, luggage and all and made the 4+ hr. treck to Jo’burg to hear our current bible study teacher. She was amazing and even invited our group in back afterwards to chat and take pics.

Still no word on our car, we have to get the approval from speed the light before we can do anything, needing a new engine is quite expensive! We are so bummed as we hate having this car trouble and having to depend on speed the light to depend on it, we are such believers in speed the light since being youth pastor’s previous to coming here. (speed the light is the offerings that come from AG churches from youth ministries to help missionaries get vehicles).