Today is Good Friday, the day we traditionally focus on Christ’s death on the cross. I’ve actually been thinking a lot about Christ’s death in the past couple of weeks. There is a song by Mercy Me called “God with Us”. It’s a great song and while in Africa I found myself singing the bridge…
Archives for March 2008
My Own Bed – My Own Bathroom
After over 24 hours of travel (19.5 in the air) we have arrived safely home. Actually, we’ve been home for two days but I’m just now coherant enough to write again. I can’t tell you how good it is to be home. I was so excited to crawl into my own bed on Tuesday night….
Back to Base Camp
Today we traveled back to the headquarters for Blessman Medical Ministries at Shikwaru Game Reserve. I’m still not totally sure what cities we’ve been to but we are in the northern part of South Africa. We took the scenic route back which actually seemed a little faster than the direct route. It seems as though…
What We’re Doing
I am posting this as a separate blog because it’s a rather lengthy explanation of what we are doing here and it was taking up too much space in my journal for the week. But, for those interested in a more specific explanation of our mission, read on. Before I left home I only had…
Journal of our Week – March11-15
We have been out of internet range for an entire week. So, if you’ve emailed me and I haven’t responded, that’s why. There were actually internet café’s near us but one, I heard, was terribly slow, and the other, we never got a chance to visit. So, here is a week’s worth of our activities….