No internet

We will be leaving first thing in the morning and heading to Addo Elephant Park in Addo, South Africa. Our roommate, Laury's friend has come for a visit and they really wanted to go somewhere special, and since Bryan is the designated driver because he is comfortable driving a manual car on the left side of the road, we are all taking our first real vacation. We did a 3 day weekend to Durban in February to buy a car, and went to Cape Town for a Beautiful Gate conference and were in meetings all but 1 1/2 days so now we will be having 3 days to relax and sight see (plus 2 days of driving as it is about 8 hours away). Our whole family is in need of a break with all the changes and planning that has been happening at Beautiful Gate! It will be a good time for a break from school for the kids and I and a nice opportunity for the kids to have more 1:1 time with Bryan and finally see some animals. One highlight we are really hoping to check out (besides my elephants) is a cheetah farm. Elijah LOVES cheetahs and we are going to surprise him by taking him there. They actually let people walk the cheetahs everyday at 4:30pm, but you have to be 12 years to do it, poor Elijah. We will not be anywhere with Internet so we will not be bringing our computer. Therefore there will be no posts until late Monday or Tuesday morning. If there is an emergency and you need to contact us, you can call Bryan's South African phone #011 27 719 290 513.

Have a great weekend and for those of you on our support list you should have our September newsletter in a few days which will explain some of the changes here at Beautiful Gate. If you are not on our newsletter list and would like to be then please email us at bageurink@hotmail.com and we can add you so you can receive our quarterly newsletter.
Anita