Arrival in Botswana

So here in southern Africa, it is currently 9:30 pm, and in KS it is 2:30 and let me say that “all’s well.” Leaving KCI, we landed in Chicago, made our connecting flight to London –Heathrow and flew overnight. In London, we took the Underground to the Westminster area. We saw Big Ben, Westminster Bridge, Westminster Abbey, St James' Park, Buckingham Palace, a little establishment called Chequers, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, and Parliament Square all in about 3 hours. We loaded back into the Underground and flew almost 11 hours to Johannesburg, where we met up with Dave Hartnett. After about a 4.5 hour drive up north, we crossed the border from South Africa to Botswana.

Whew!!! This day was full of firsts, and was capped off with a prayer meeting with many from Old Naledi Fellowship. Dave, Kevin and I sang, danced, prayed and talked with Moruti James, Mothusi, Champ, Lame (“Lam-a”) and a number of others. I was asked to give a word of encouragement, and passed along the greeting from the people of Harvest Fellowship and the church in Manhattan. Tonight, we’re relaxing at the apartment of Dave and Barb Hartnett, with a full day ahead of us tomorrow as well.

I have to say that so far, this adventure has been fascinating. I feel as if we’ve just begun to scratch the surface of what we have to learn from these friends. They are so warm, joyful and hopeful, and have a relationship with Jesus Christ that is contagious.