05 July 2007

We made it…

We are so blessed to jump off this cliff of international travel to land into the soft, warm arms of our dear friends Mutodi and Leslee here in Johannesburg, South Africa. After a long 15+-hour flight, which was blessed with a lot of sleep (after several sleep deprived nights), we find ourselves adjusting to jetlag fairly well. Our first day was lazy one of grocery shopping and emailing followed by an amazing experience at Atlas studios. They host a film night the first Wednesday of each month of various themes along with corresponding food. Tonight they hosted “Counting Headz”, a documentary about South African female hip-hop artists from deejays to emcee’s, to graffiti artists, to beat-boxers to b-girls (break-dancers). As many of you know, the urban culture is a huge part of my call so it was a nice setting to begin our journey with a taste of urban South Africa. We also got a chance to converse with one of the co-directors/director of photography, Vusi.

Today we got a chance to experience a South African television studio (our friend, Mutodi, is a celebrity on a popular national sit-com). It was interesting but definitely not my vocational call. So, tomorrow we are going by the bus station to work out our transportation to Mozambique to see Lisa Frist on Monday. We're a little anxious about working out land travel in Africa, especially our trip through Zimbabwe to Malawi. It's not popular being American, especially in Zimbabwe.

We’re making connections with ministries here in Johannesburg but plan to visit when we get back from Malawi. Transportation around Johannesburg is a bit challenging because our friends work… so we’ll see what happens… it’s in God’s hands so I know it will all work out.

I don’t think I mentioned it before but we have a Skype number that has voice mail. (828) 333-4672 or hope.deifell. So be in touch. We were blessed to talk to my parents and Dave & Elizabeth yesterday for free… and mom & dad again just now. Wow! Technology is so facinating.

Keep us in your prayers as we work out the logistics of Africa land travel. We will try to post again soon.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Heather and Hope,
I am so glad to hear that you made it safely. I am certain that the transportation will work out and your presence will make people have a better impression of United States Americans.

Cheers,
Sarah Brown