Thursday, July 10, 2008

WE'RE IN SOUTH AFRICA!!


After about 24 hours of travelling we have finally arrived in Johannesburg. Steph, Amber, and I made the trip together and were greeted at the airport by Mike Taylor (Steph's Godfather). Mike took Steph and I back to his house to stay with his family (Annette, his wife, Tiffany and Tennielle, their daughters) while Amber met up with Euan and stayed with other friends. The Taylors have treated us with true South African hospitality from coffee steaming next to our bedside to taking us on a crazy adventure within the first 24 hours of our arrival. We have just returned from Magalies Canopy Tour where we went on ten zip lines that zig-zagged across a huge gourge. It was beautiful and a wonderful way to start our trip. Our stay is here is short though as we fly out tomorrow for Durban to meet up with Steph's aunt and uncle. We will stay with them through next Wednesday and then head to the orphanage. We are enjoying some down time because the kids haven't started back to school yet. But we are eager to get to the orphanage and meet our "family" for the next five weeks. Here are the pictures from our adventure today....it was insane.

our whole group

6 comments:

Stacy said...

Awesome! So glad you're there safely and having a great time! Keep the updates coming!

Love,

Stace

Anonymous said...

Cass, We are so happy to hear from you. I prayed for your safe trip. It sounds like a great adventure. God bless you and keep you safe and healthy. Love Mom, Kel, Dad, Jules, and Kids

Jerms said...

Oh man! That's awesome that you made it. I can't believe you're already there and having a blast.

Can't wait to hear more!

Amy B. said...

Yay! So exciting! Keep the posts coming... =)

Anna said...

It sounds like everything is coming together. I'm so glad that you guys made it there safely! Love you and miss you!

Unknown said...

Can you bring me back one of those helmets? Glad you made it safely!!
Keep the updates coming.