Cape Town

Unfortunately, I have not been able to post any blogs since Rome. We blew out the electricity in two of the hotel rooms and had to change rooms twice. I didn't have the proper plug for my computer and plugged it into a power strip and this blew out the electricity. When I got to Africa, I didn't have internet until today, October 24th, Saturday. m In Rome we visited the Catacombes, Colesseum, St. Peter's, all the fountains, Vatican, Sistine Chapel, any a lot more.

We left Rome Thursday, October 15 and arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa Friday, October 16th. Roelli, a friend of ours, met us at the airport. He set us up in our accommocations and that night we went to eat at Carnivore's a place that serves wild game. We had giraffe, kudu, crocodile, and other meats. It was a great African experience.

Staying in Pretoria (outside of Johannesburg) we had difficulty with the outlets, not having the proper adapters to use the blow dryer and charge our phones, etc.

Sunday, October 18th, Randy preached two services in a large black church. We had a great service, and Lil Randy and Collin played the keyboard and drums, and Lil Randy sang the song Collin wrote. The title of the song is "Break Me' and it went along well with the sermon. Randy had them do the song for the altar call. We all prayed for the people, and there was a big altar call. We also had the opportunity to bless the church financially.


Between services the pastor took us to the location where they will be building a new church to seat 5000 people. They plan on filling it up on Sunday mornings in two services, thus ministering to 10,000 people.

After service we drove to the border of Mozambique. We went with Roelli, Chris, and Martin, three men from South Africa who have traveled to Mozambique before on missions trips. Chris has been there fifty times. He has had malaria five times. He is a great man of God with a missionary's heart. He has a deep love for the people of Mozambique. Monday morning we crossed the border into Mozambique. We stayed in a beach house on the Indian Ocean. It was a really nice place, but the following morning we had no electricity or water. We visited a pastor and his church. Randy preached that night. We had taken malaria medication, but we didn't feel one mosquito. The evening was cool and windy. We were in a one-room hut with a 60 watt light bulb that kept going out. We prayed for the people. The next morning we went back to the pastor's house and blessed him financially. He hadn't received a salary in six months.

We left the pastor's house and church and returned to the beach house. We still didn't have electricity or water. We went swimming in the Indian Ocean, packed up, and left to return to Pretoria. We spent the night on the other side of the border in South Africa. We woke up early, drove to Kruger Park, and had breakfast right on the outside of Kruger. It was gorgeous. We saw a hippo, a herd of buffalo, impalas, and lots of crocodiles.

We got back to Pretoria on Wednesday evening, October 21st. Martin invited us to his home that evening for an African barbeque which is called a braii. We left around 8 p.m. and had to get up at 3 a.m. on Thursday morning to catch a flight to Cape Town. Which brings me up to where I am now.