Just to let you know that we arrived this afternoon. Several staff began to gather, and they took us to the kitchen where they opened up the pantry and watched us eat egg salad sandwiches . . . yum . . . one of my favorites! So far, everyone is so nice and eager to help us get settled in. Only one other student is here so far. Norma is from California. Everybody else is driving in, also, and will arrive throughout the day tomorrow. The Pakistani couple could not get their paperwork through to join us. There are about 25 children running around (kids of staff and students). So cute, from the States and So. Korea. There are other schools going on, as well, i.e. ESL (English Second Language) . . . hence the South Koreans . . . Introduction to Biblical Counseling, and a "ropes course". The "zip line" begins at our porch and zings through the pine trees to somewhere. I'll getback with you on this. I plan to just step out on our porch and cheer them on! This YWAM runs about 5,000 folks through their ropes course during the summer . . .
Our little apartment is very nice. I was tickled, because it has a private bath, which we were not expecting! It has a little kitchenette, which I do not plan to utilize. One fella said, "Shirley, you won't have to cook for five months." Not that I've been cooking that much lately, anyway. We're sure going to enjoy three meals a day 7x/week!
We're going to do a little reading before bed. No tv, which will taking some getting used to for me. I do enjoy vegging in front of Fox News a little in the evening, or watchingHistory or Discovery or Military channels if Nat has the remote . . . This will be good for me. Change of habit, you know . . . I need to read more!
We are going to church with some of the folks in the morning. The "Church on the Hill". One guy said, "It's a fun place!" Well, all righty then!!!
Then, we're going to drive to Portland. Nolan Lewallen has a layover there tomorrow and Zandra will try to join us, too. That would be a treat! Perhaps a salmon dinner??? Another fav!!!
Thank you all, so much, for your prayers for our travel. Gettingto see friends (Flanagans) and family (Larry, Mary & John Hereford), and Yellowstone National Park . . . everyone should do that at least once, right Nell? We had such a great cross country trip this week!
We received an email from Natalie as we were leaving our hotel this morning. She wrote, "Well, by the time i talk to you again i would have (bungee) jumped off of the Zambia side of Victoria Falls bridge - - - all 115 meters (376 feet) of it!!! no worries, ill have a rope :) im so so so so excited! I cant even begin to imagine what that will feel like!!!" We wrote back and told her that this is something we would prefer to know after the fact!!! Here's website for the bungi jump experience. Maybe Natalie will post her own video soon! http://www.zambiatourism.com/travel/greatvac/bunji.htm
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