We have arrived in Africa and God is with us! One bag got lost in the airport, but God did not. That is good news. Actually, we even retrieved the bag.

We miss our two little girls soooo much! Hello McKenna and Charis - I hope you can both see this. And Jake and Dawna too! And Andy and Norma! And so many others.

Here is a small miracle we can thank God for: We were sitting in the Mozambique embassy applying for visas. We have bus tickets reserved for 10pm tonight, so we must get these visas today if we are to get on the bus to Maputo. Suddenly the lady at the desk tells us we must have a letter of invitation from the ministry in Maputo that is inviting us - "no problem, we have it!" - but it must be signed by the representative of the ministry - "well I guess we don't have it!" Perhaps we can get it faxed, but it must be there by noon - "no way - they are in a prayer meeting at that ministry till noon on Thursdays". So, when all else is failing, we all bow our heads, right there in the lobby of the embassy, and start praying. "God, if you want us to go to this place and help your little ones, will you open a door for us?" Not two minutes later another lady comes charging into the room and wonders what is taking us so long. We tell her and she explains that no, they do not need that letter signed for the double entry visa that we want! Now tell me - who sent that lady in there? Yes, God is with us.

Pray for Lenna. Her feet are all swollen up. I will send pictures later, but she looks like she has a young body on grandma legs! And some others of us are having the same problem, but not so bad. God spoke to us that perhaps our feet, that were prophesied over just Sunday - beautiful feet bringing good news on the mountains, feet shod with the preperation of the gospel of peace - these feet were lame because perhaps our hearts were not ready to share the gospel. Were we ready, in season and out of season to give an answer for the hope that is in us? We determined to give our lives to God and be ready for any opportunity to share the gospel. Then we would see how our feet look tonight.

We all are well. Had a fun few hours in Frankfurt Germany strolling the streets. The weather is beautiful here today, after months of intense heat and zero rain, they got a couple cool days and a bit of rain last night - God is with us!

Pray for our coming days - an all night bus trip to Mozambique. Pray for saftey for us and our luggage. Then tomorrow we start building the orphan house. It has been very hot in Maputo - 90+ and humid. This is a picture of the family who we will serve with on our first week in Maputo.

We have been having a great time with Merna and her family and wonderful church in Johannesburg.