The Best of Africa

The flight from Johannesburg to Washington, D.C. was 16 hours.  Fortunately the in-flight entertainment system had a large music selection.  There was the "Best" of everyone ... Madonna, Kenny G, Journey, Air Supply, Queen, Neil Diamond.  (It is also good we didn't have to pay extra for some of these).

So what are the memories that will be replaying in our minds for quite some time?  Here is our Best of Africa from the week.  

• Visiting the Willoughby family in Pretoria - thanks Dan, Debbie,Hannah, Lydia and Karise!
• Sunday worship with the refugees and homeless of South Africa
• Taking a spontaneous right turn which lead to a tour of the Parliament Building
• Playing with Alpha Maseko
• Driving up to Pothawira and seeing a dream come to life in the form of bricks and mortar
• Listening to Pastor Peter's prayers
• Meeting Dorene, the serial entrepreneur in Salima
• Drinking Cherry Plum soda under a tree when it is 95 degrees
• Listening to Goodluck tell his story of conversion from Islam
• Spending an hour watching the baboons play in the wild
• Giving Edward a Bible and learning of his courage and faith in raising his brothers as orphans
• Watching Peter negotiate in the marketplace
• Seeing the joy of the Lord in the constant smile of Emma Maseko
• Distributing Chichewa Bibles to the men and women of Thonje
• Flying South Africa Airlines
• Listening to the "K-Love" of Malawi driving in the middle of nowhere
• Seeing the stars of the Southern Hemisphere
• Being one church with brothers and sisters half way around the world
• Knowing that this is just the beginning of something huge in the heavenlies

"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us."  Ephesians 3:20

Thank you for your prayers and support. 

We press on!

Chuck, Scott, Randall and Fred