Sunday, September 30, 2007

Cape Town, South Africa

We have arrived safe & sound in the Western Cape of South Africa! After what we estimated to be about 45 hours of travel (from the time we left our house in Indy to when we arrived at our place here in Stellenbosch), our bodies are finally finding rest in a different time zone.

We have enjoyed a nice jog, a beautiful hike up & around Lion’s Head (near Table Mountain), delicious food, and a wonderful evening with A & E, who many of you will remember spent two months with us in Indianapolis last spring along with their two daughters.

As most of you know, we are here in South Africa for our annual teaching commitment at the sports school and at community transformation school. We will have both groups together this year, about 60 students total, for 3 days of teaching on Partnership (the value of partnership, how to create partnerships in a city, how to overcome obstacles to partnership, and the like).

It feels like fall here even though it is springtime. The weather is refreshingly cool & sunny though incredibly windy. Cape Point must be gale force winds!

We’ll be sure to post more experiences, thoughts, and photos during our time here. In the meantime, we love hearing from you! So leave us a message here on the blog or send us an email!

Thanks for all of your prayers & well-wishes.

Until next time…

2 comments:

The Schmidt House said...

So glad to hear you made it safely. Enjoy your time - you are in our prayers! Let us know if you need anything, back home.

Anonymous said...

yeah!! Glad you made it safely. I look forward to seeing pictures and reading about your teaching and adventures there. God bless sweet friends
peace,
bec