Made it to London!

We were overwhelmed by our send-off!  Thank you, thank you for your visible support in showing up, praying together, our prayer cards, our caravan to the airport, our snacks, etc, etc.  We cannot tell you how much of a blessing that was.  And the many of you remembering us and praying today for our departure.  You all are with us on this journey for sure!

 Traci, Kay, Jason, Kathy, Greg, Lucy, Steve, Robin

Nothing too exciting to write about except that we did make it to London Heathrow and we leave again at 5:50 p.m. our time (about 1:00 p.m. TX).  Some of us slept, some of us did not much, but I would imagine this next flight we will all get some sleep.  Continue praying for our luggage and supply tubs and for favor in the eyes of the customs' officials in Bulawayo on Monday.  Pray also for Stephane, a man one of us spoke with on the flight about the Lord.  Pray he will come to Jesus as Savior.  He was raised in a Christian home but does not follow the Lord.

We made it!

WE MADE IT! :) We arrived in Bulawayo about 1:30 p.m./6:30 a.m. TX. A huge blessing that the Lord worked out was that we thought we would have to pick up our ALL checked 17 pieces of luggage in Johannesburg before we loaded for Bulawayo; lugging it around for several hours. BUT GOD! In His wisdom, made it to where all the pieces went straight through-at first we weren't sure if this was a good thing or not. BUT since we didn't know that, we waited for our luggage anyway and intercepted one of Traci's pieces that they accidentally let go to claim! It most certainly wouldn't have made it otherwise, at least not on time. AND Sherrie was able to help us through customs when we picked up all the luggage in Bulawayo, in which they went through EACH of 27 pieces of luggage (including the 8 tubs of supplies). She would not have been there to help if we had had to go through it in Johannesburg. A reassurance of "keeping His eye on the sparrow."

Here we are with Sherrie at the house after baths, a change of clothes and a snack. Ahhh....(soon to come)

Day 2 - Johannesburg

The team made it to Johannesburg - about 7:oo a.m./12 a.m. TX time. We'll be leaving for Bulawayo soon and should arrive afternoon our time/ morning TX time. Continue to pray for our luggage - protection, arrival and everything as it was. We can feel your prayers of protection and the Lord's favor - keep lifting them up! We were all able to get some rest on the Johannesburg flight after about 36 hours of hardly any sleep.

Praying this today...

"For He will give His angels charge concerning you,

to guard you in all your ways." Psalm 91:11

Travel Day 1 -London

Well, the team made it to London! We arrived about 2 a.m. TX time...7 a.m. here. Full plane and now waiting for our overnight flight to Johannesburg to leave at 5:30 London/12:30 p.m. TX time. Please be praying over our luggage, especially for a keyboard we thought we could carry on but had to pay to check. It also contains some VBS materials.

Some snapshots... Breakfast...

Trying to rest...