Sun City Fun
2008-11-03, Sun City, South Africa. By: jennibean

Ok so after our amazing stay at the safari lodge we took that same little plane back to Jo where we were met by a driver to take us to Sun City. The car ride was about 3 hours I think. Sun City was b...

Trip Part 3
2008-10-30, Tintswalo Safari Lodge, South Africa. By: jennibean

So these are going to be the pictures you all have been waiting for. Let me start by saying this place was heaven on earth. We started out on a little 12 seater plan ride to a landing strip in...

Trip Part 2
2008-10-30, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: jennibean

So once we arrived in Jo Sheila and I made our way to the Emperors Palace. We had a few hours to look around and have dinner before Mason and Dee arrived at 10pm. Once they arrived we all walked arou...

Trip Part 1
2008-10-30, All over, South Africa. By: jennibean

Ok so I just wrote 2 pages on my trip when it all disappeared. Needless to say I'm a little angry. So I'm going to do this in parts so it's not so long and I'll add pictures as I write about differe...

Trip to South Africa
2008-10-29, All over, South Africa. By: jennibean

Hello everyone, Just got back today from an amazing 14 days in South Africa. I've started to download some of the many pictures to my computer so that I can post them. Saturday is a holiday here s...

Mosques, sewage, abseiling into gorges, and things I miss
2008-10-23, Durban, South Africa. By: catburgh

Someone asked me soon after I got here what I missed about home and I missed so little at that point that the only lame response I could come up with was being able to speak and have everyone understa...

work adventures, sharks, malls, and general craziness
2008-10-12, Durban, South Africa. By: catburgh

I forgot last time to talk about my hotel experience in Nongoma. We tried one place, which Mbali had been able to look at online, only to find it was full, so we got sent to the only other place ...

waterless towns, mystery meats, Michigan folks, and rugby
2008-10-05, Nongoma, South Africa. By: catburgh

My trip up north was for two long days this week. I went with one of the candidate attorneys from work, Mbali, and her boyfriend, Bongane, a very funny Zulu Mormon microbiologist/biochemist butcher, h...

The Journey Planner.
2008-09-30, Pretoria, South Africa. By: Saffa2

During our Thailand backpacking experience, a new lust for travelling was created, and this hunger, as we both realized soon after returning to the UK, was impossible to ignore. We began exploring n...

thwarted attempts to travel, cricket movies, "safari parks", and crocodile lunches
2008-09-29, Durban, South Africa. By: catburgh

So, my traveling plans last week for the most part continued to go nowhere. I decided I would suck it up and pay for a tour if necessary, but even those require a certain number of people before they’...

rain, transportation issues, new Presidents, and barbecues
2008-09-26, Durban, South Africa. By: catburgh

For a number of days recently I was hitting the tea hard, only this time it wasn’t for the caffeine; it was for the warmth. The weekend we went to the festival a gray, windy, cool Friday turned into a...

school festivals, courtrooms, pro athletes, and learning to drive
2008-09-19, Durban, South Africa. By: catburgh

The judge ended up reaching a rather pragmatic decision in the Zuma case, finding that the case could not go forward because the prosecution was politically motivated and in their haste to try to get ...

Protesters, street names, work, and tennis
2008-09-11, Durban, South Africa. By: catburgh

Ah, it’s comforting to know that the political scandal and intrigue that we have in the US is actually relatively tame compared to so much of the rest of the world. Here, the recently elected Presiden...

working and figuring things out
2008-09-05, Durban, South Africa. By: catburgh

First of all, I can’t believe how many of you thought that first paragraph in that first entry was real! That was what other people seemed to think my trip here would be like. Some of the more colorfu...

Arrival and exploration
2008-08-31, Durban, South Africa. By: catburgh

I finally arrived in Durban yesterday. Thankfully the South African Airways guy in Bloem was able to check my luggage through and print off both of my boarding passes so I was able to avoid a repeat o...

Flying and flying and flying some more
2008-08-29, Bloemfontein, South Africa. By: catburgh

At the end of day two of traveling I’ve reached Bloemfontein, where I am staying overnight. Four plane rides down, two to go. Before giving the rundown of the joys of flying, it might be useful to ex...

Welcome to Africa!!!
2008-07-06, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: rochellep

Sawubonani! Outreach has officially begun! Just a week ago we left our comfortable home in Oxford, New Zealand, hopped on an airplane and started a journey that I will definitely never forget. We...

12: The Miracle (part 3)
2008-06-17, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: geerty14

MONDAY, JUNE 9th: You may be noticing a trend. Heavy is the trend. Saturday (part 1) and Sunday (part 2) were heavy. On Monday I made a REALIZATION. Prophesy revealed itself, only in a way I did ...

11: Journey (part 2)
2008-06-17, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: geerty14

The happenings of Jo-berg CONTINUES... Grace and Peace Everybody! Alright, so the day after a HUGE lesson in FAITH (see part 1), I went to church, for it was Sunday (June 8th). Tony Fitzgerald (th...

10: Faith (part 1)
2008-06-16, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: geerty14

On Saturday, June 7th, I attended youth group at Pretra. The message was Grace. What I learned was HUGE and foundational in my faith. I thought I knew that I was saved through [b]Faith[/b] in Jesus C...

9: The Johannesburg Chronicles (intro)
2008-06-15, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: geerty14

Oh man! I MUST ADMIT FRIENDS & FAMILY, IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG 10 DAYS! But a VERY GOOD 10 days...indeed. [b]THE[/b] [b]BELL[/b] [b]FAMILY:[/b] As I may or may not have already stated in a p...

Pictures
2008-06-10, Cape Town, South Africa. By: kerry20

I uploaded some pictures of my students to my snapfish account. Check them out!

8: Latifa
2008-06-07, Muizenberg, South Africa. By: geerty14

Greetings Church Family! Mad crazy Christian LOVE extended your way! It is high time I touch home base. My world has been in a tizzy; the Lord has been doing GREAT THINGS! Great things indeed! L...

2 days down 58 to go!
2008-06-06, Cape Town, South Africa. By: abrookdg

Hey Friends and Family! First off, the wedding was great. We had a blast and hope you did to. Second off, things could not have started better. Smooth travels over here and no problems in thi...

7: AN URGENT CALL TO PRAY!
2008-06-03, Muizenberg, South Africa. By: Geerty14

Alright, so I woke up this morning with a verse reference in my head. It is for YOU, as well as Casey and I. NEHEMIAH 7:2-3 "I gave the responsibility of governing Jerusalem to my brother Hanani...