Here We Go

We arrived safely and without incident last night.  The team did a great job on a what was a very long day of travel.  All of our bags arrived and we made it to our lodging about 8:00pm local South Africa time (noon yesterday).

As I type this we are finishing up breakfast and excited for the day.  We will be spending most of our day at the Emthonjeni Community Center.  The community center is run by Mosaiek Church - WVC's sister church in South Africa.  Emthonjeni serves a slum area called Zandspruit where about 70,000 people live in squatter camps.  An interesting side note, on her visit to South Africa a few weeks ago Michelle Obama visited Emthonjeni to read to the school children. 

Continue to pray for the team - for attitudes, safety, health,and to serve with humility and love as Christ loves us.  Thank you for praying for us - we are blessed by you.  We hope to have a student or two update the blog tonight with reflections on the day. 

For the team,

Matt