We have successfully managed to pass through the SIM membership application process. We are now ‘appointee members’ whilst we wait to pass through the SIM orientation process known as SIM-Start. After this 7-day online (zoom meetings) orientation course we will have a good idea of who SIM is and how they operate. Our SIM-Start started […]
We have applied for full membership to serve as SIM missionaries and our SIM application is progressing well. The SIM application progress has been intense and vigorous with multiple documents, questionnaires, and checks. Their membership application process is the most thorough that we have ever encountered! We have had to complete doctrinal questionnaires, get health
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The rural pastors gathered early in the morning at the ‘lodge’ which Pierre had prepared as the lecture room, this would be a brilliant opportunity for making significant friends. I was really looking forward to meeting these Luvale men as I had heard so much about their ministry in difficult remote areas. These men have
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Follow our journey from Cape Town to Lusaka via Botswana. Enjoy the elephants and the ‘Smoke that Thunders’ with us. We’ve been in Lusaka for 3 weeks. We left Cape Town on 24 January and arrived in Lusaka on 7 February. We’ve been stuck here since. We need patience whilst we push on through the
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We left Cape Town about a month ago heading for Chavuma, but now we are stuck in Lusaka. It’s been 2 weeks since we arrived here. Philip (our Zambian clearing agent) initially told us it would only take about 3 days to process the importation of our vehicle. Why is it taking so long? A
On Monday (7 February) we woke up early for the 7-hour journey to Lusaka. But first we headed to the famous Mosi-oa-tunya (Victoria Falls). What a magnificently exhilarating morning! The Smoke that Thunders The falls were quite full (it gets fuller around April); the mist was rising up (“raining from below” as Renée put it);
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Reluctantly we left our amazingly beautiful accommodation in Senyati at around 10am on Sunday morning (6 February) as we would be crossing into Zambia. The serene morning offered peaceful scenes by which we did our devotions as we read from the Bible among the beautiful wildlife. The long complicated day demanded this peaceful start as
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Our journey to Senyati (near Kasane) surprised us with elephant sightings and downpours of rain. On this stretch of fairly good road we encountered only a few potholes which we dodged effortlesly. However, there are numerous animals on the side of the road and often right in the middle of the road. We dodged them
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488km travelled – 9.4km/lt – 68km/h average speed. Our journey to Palapye had one or two surprises, but was quite pleasant nonetheless. We left Maryke’s home in Pretoria at 7:30am and it was raining. We had such a lovely time with Maryke it was hard to say goodbye. The road from Pretoria to Mokopane is
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249km travelled – 8.6km/lt – 81km/h Thursday (3 February) was quite a hectic day of trying to find a lost parcel, purchasing tents from two different stores, and getting our Covid tests done. By the end of this day, we were really tired and needing a nice cold drink to cool us down. We found
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