We're back at our Africa home!

We had a wonderful and very full 2 weeks with our lovely daughter and son-in-law which ended with some fun train travel and tourist stuff, and then some not-so-fun intestinal issues (all 4 of us!) I won't give details on anything except fun stuff. Our impressions of this city run the full range of fascinating, friendly people to crazy traffic and overpowering noise. We walked with S & J as they visited friends and neighbors on a special holy day. We participated in their group meetings, were invited into the homes of their co-workers, and experienced what it means to "shop" in their city. There are lots of tiny little shops everywhere, so you don't have to go too far to get what you need, but there is no phone book or yellow pages, so your feet must do the walking to find what you need. Most little shops carry only a few items, so you must go to many places to complete your shopping. J is asking for a special friend who will enjoy exploring the city with her.


Here you have the full view of the Taj Mahal, one of the best known monuments to love the world knows. It is truly a beautiful sight. The symmetry is amazing, down to the smallest details



This closer view lets you glimpse a little of the detail that went into the construction. It was built of white marble and inlaid with jewels and precious stones.

Due to the aforementioned intestinal issues, no one was very photogenic during our "tourist" phase, so I won't be able to post people pics here!

Back by popular demand!

Hello folks,
I know it has been a long time since my last post. We have not had easy access to the internet, but I'm making a special effort tonight. Everyone else is already in bed, and the computer is all mine (actually, S&J's computer!) We have been having a wonderful time with J and S in their city. Here are a few pictures to let you see some of what we've been doing! This one of S & J was taken at a friend's house on the roof. In the background you see a couple of temples. This roof overlooks the famous river at their city.








On the left you see us walking out of their street. This was taken on Sunday morning on our way to a meeting.






A couple of blocks from the home where we had our meeting, we ran across this family taking a morning siesta.











This is one of the major forms of transportation.





And here we all are in the garden of the restaurant where we enjoyed lunch after the meeting. Great day for fellowship and meeting friends.

Cape Town

Our sightseeing today took us to beautiful Hout Bay and then on to Table Mountain, then to the waterfront in the city bowl of Cape Town. We have been so blessed to see so much of God's beautiful creation! Here we are at Hout Bay.












Then we took a cable car to the top of Table Mountain (1,086 meters above sea level) and had a view of the city of Cape Town which covers all sides of the mountain.

South Africa!

It's been a while since we've been able to connect to the internet, so I'll try to get caught up while we are connected. We left Nairobi on Feb. 26th and flew to Johannesburg for a conference of leaders in central, eastern and southern Africa. We met in a lovely conference center just outside of town. The weather was a huge contrast from our earlier travels! It rained almost every day we were there, buckets and buckets of water!! The grass and foliage was lush and the temperatures were cooler and very pleasant.

From Johannes we flew to Cape Town on the 3rd. We are absolutely the farthest South we have ever been!!



On Saturday we visited the African Penguins at The Boulders,






and then went to Cape Point. The beauty and variety of God's creation around here is amazing.