Loving South Africa

After flying 14 hours and over 11,000km we touched down in Johannesburg, slightly weary but excited. We were greeted by friendly Harvest School staff after going through customs as other students from the different nations started arriving as well. It was so cool to hear all the different accents.

This was one of the amazing views of Johannesburg from the plane.

Our trip to Footprints base was eventful and with some slight detours, perhaps Holy Spirit’s idea, we got a chance to see some of the poorer parts of South Africa and pray over the area as we drove through. We also had the privilege to hear brief testimonies from a couple of students from the US, one from Germany and one of the school leaders from Switzerland. Even though we hadn’t slept for over 24 hours, we were keenly anticipating school and meeting the rest of the 250 students.

This is the cool cabin we get to stay in for the next two weeks. Little did we know that it did get very cool – even cold enough that it prompted the need to buy a warmer blanket and beanies the next day.

And this is where we take bucket showers

This is affectionately known as ‘tent city’ – housing for the single students.

We had a fun God adventure on the 2nd day with our ‘taxi’ trip to the shopping centre in town. We learnt the different hand gestures to get us to and from different parts of town as taxis here are more like a mini van shuttle system. They seem to have particular territories they work within and have capacity for up to 16 people at a time. Our trip required changing taxis for two sections but we got to meet some really friendly and helpful locals as we travelled.

Another friendly local on base. His name is Charlie

Till next time… Love to you all

Ps. God has done some more amazing things but we have limited internet access so our updates will be delayed.