Arrival!

28 hours after departing from Atlanta, and one missed flight connection later, we safely arrived in Cape Town on Saturday night.  Warmly greeted by our team member Brian, Pan Stabler and company from Southpoint, we were whisked to our hotel, a 10 minute drive from the airport. Even in the dark-Cape Town was intriguing: we could faintly see a dark outline of Table Mountain from the front steps of our hotel, however our fatigue and tiredness from travel kicked in and we headed to bed, eager to get some rest before our first full day in Africa.  

All of us but one team member made it on Saturday night-Mary did not have a full extra page in her passport and therefore was not allowed to board our plane for Joburg.  Please pray for her! She is flying to the passport office first thing Monday morning and will hopefully be on a plane to Africa not long after that.  

Sunday morning we went to Southpoint, helped volunteer at their first service (in Upstreet, Wauma, and on Host Team), and attended the 2^nd service.  We were so warmly welcomed into their church family-it was unbelievable! We’re so looking forward to spending time with the many people we met today.  After church, we headed to the former location of Southpoint (then called Stellenburg) for a bbq. We met many of the church elders, leadership, and their beautiful families. 

By mid-afternoon the sun burned off the fog and we headed up Table Mountain!  We shared communion and powerful prayers with our new Southpoint friends, followed by a lively dinner on the water front.   Many laughs, pictures, and yawns later, we headed back to our hotel.

Lord, what do you have in store for us this week? If it is anything like today, it will be far beyond what we can comprehend and we are so grateful!