We have (finally) arrived

Hello all, from White River, South Africa! We have been waiting and working a long time to be able to type that sentence, and it feels good.

We arrived in South Africa last friday (the 4th), after a long but uneventful flight. Thankfully, we had no problems with bags (other than that they were very heavy) and customs, and were greeted at Kruger-Mpumalanga International Airport by Chuck and Heather from C4L and Wayne from MCC. It was good to get our feet on the ground. Thank you for all your prayers and support, it sure helped to know that people were thinking about us.

We have started the process of setting up our new house, buying things like pots and pans and such, setting up bank accounts and buying cell phones etc etc. It will be interesting getting internet access, as there are no cable providers and apparently to DSL service in our area, so for now we will be posting from a nearby Internet Cafe. We are particularly happy that as of this morning our girls are accepted at Penryn College, which is just fantastic. We were quite worried about this, and getting them in is a real answer to prayer. Again, we know that many of you have been thinking and praying about this, thanks you.

We have had a good time getting to know our neighbours, we have been already invited over for dinner twice, and had our first taste of "Pap", which is white cornmeal which is cooked till stiff and served with a sauce. It was really good, I'm sure we will have it again soon.

So far the weather has been quite mixed. It was very rainy on Sunday, which is great because this area has been having a real drought. A few days have been nice and warm, but today its cloudy and cool. We have been warned however that its going to get really hot, and we are (sort of) looking forward to it.

Over the next couple of weeks we are going to try to settle into a routine and start actually contributing. Stay tuned for further updates.