Thanks to everyone who was praying for our safe arrival... we FINALLY arrived at The Pines today. We had a quick lunch, got showers (after 48 hours without one), and played with the kids in the swimming pool. After that, we got a tour of the facility and sat down with Brian and Louis (who run The Pines along with their wives) to talk about our itinerary and the work we'll be doing while we're here. It sounds like we'll have plenty to keep us busy with lots of construction on an addition to one of the apartments, plus painting, building a fence outside to keep the toddler's in, and much more. We're also planning to visit Camp 7 (the squatter's camp) down the road and visit the hospital as well. The children are on spring break this week, so we're lucky that we'll get to spend extra time with them. They are all such cool kids! After we got here today, they put on a little show for us (that they organized themselves) and sang "You Raise Me Up" and some of their South African songs. I wish I would have gotten it on video, it was very cool! There's probably much more I could write, but I'm going on very little sleep and to be honest I'm incredibly overwhelmed and not sure what to make of things quite yet.
I miss you all terribly and while I'm happy to be here and excited to see what God has in store for me, I wish you could all be here with me. Being 8000 miles away sure makes you appreciate the people you love.
PS... for the person who asked about the time difference - It's 7 hours later here than in Iowa. Right now it's 2:30 in Iowa and 9:30pm here. Everyone is getting ready for bed while you're all still at work. Weird, I know.
xoxo
Song of the Day
Today is the Day
Lincoln Brewster
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