We arrived safe and sound--Cape Town

Good Monday morning from Cape Town, South Africa.

It took us almost exactly 48 hours to get from our place in Colorado Springs to this guest house in St. James, just outside Cape Town, looking out over the bay right on the southern tip of South Africa.

That counts, of course, 8 hours we spent on a lay-over in London where we had early morning coffee with our son Rich, whom we met at Covent Gardens. He has lived there for 15 years now. It was a beautiful day in London! We spent a lot of the morning just sitting in the sun.

Then Russ, our second son and a fellow worker from Quito, Ecuador, just 'happened' to be passing through London on the same day at the same time, and 'just happened' to also have a lay-over, so they met us for lunch. So there's Barb and me with our sons Rich and Russ, in London, having a nice two hour lunch. What fun! Boy, does the Lord ever provide.

Last night I preached at the Fish Hoek Baptist Centre where I will be preaching for the next 13 Sundays. Barb shared our journey as missionaries for the past 30 years and about our family. The bulk of the audience was under 30 years of ago. What fun!

Today we will visit some of the outreach ministry of the church...Christian radio station, AIDS hospice, medical centers, homeless center...just to touch bases with the staff. Great church with a great vision doing whatever they can to make a difference.

It is cool and rainy in Cape Town these days as we approach their summer down here. We are eight hours ahead of Colorado time.

We are well and seem to be feeling pretty good after the long flight with it’s jet lag.

Thanks for your prayers.

Ron