Cape Town

We wanted to let all of you know that we are leaving today for a trip to Cape Town, South Africa. Bryan and I are attending an indaba (get together) of all 4 Beautiful Gate centers in southern Africa. Bryan will be in meetings Tues-Friday and I will be going to half of the meetings. We will be staying on the beach in Fish Hoek and it sounds like it will be a wonderful time for us to relax, be encouraged by other missionaries, meet new friends, and be reminded as to why we are here, serving those who need compassion. We do not know if we will have Internet access so we wanted you all to know that we are traveling and may not be able to blog for 8 days. Thank you for praying for us as we travel and meet together. Prayers for God's will, guidance, and protective hand for our family would be appreciated. The kids are HOPING to have a chance to finally see some wild life in Africa as we have only seen a few new birds and one monkey since our arrival (other than cows, sheep, goats, etc). Cape Town is known for having a colony of African penguins and also some cape seals and we are anxious to enjoy some of God's creatures that are not common to Michigan :) We will also be staying on the ocean and we are not yet sure which ocean as Cape Town in right where the Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean meet. The Indian is warm and the Atlantic is cold from what we hear so we are hoping for the Indian Ocean (selfish I know). We find it ironic that many of our friends are also traveling this week for spring break and for those who are not and were hoping to skype, we really don't know about the Internet so we would love to, but will have to wait and see. Enjoy your spring break Michigan friends and we will enjoy our fall break (that is still a little weird to me). Blessing to you all in the coming week! Anita