Today is the day that has taken forever to get here. I am packed and ready. One of my suitcases weighs as much as a family of 5. I am going to try my best to keep up with this blog to let you know where I am and what I am doing HOWEVER this is in the Kalahari Desert and connections are not good. The Boshoffs have to run their email and internet connection through their cell phone. I leave Orlando tonight at 5:30. Fly to Atlanta, change planes and begin the 16 hour flight to Johannesburg. The Boshoffs will pick me up at 5:10 on Thursday afternoon. That will be 11:00 AM our time. We will stay with Ras' mom in Pretoria Thursday night and then leave Friday for Vryburg which is where they buy their groceries once a month and attend church. I will have the sermon at church on Saturday and then we will leave for their home. It is 240 km from Vryburg and should take about 3 hours. The roads are mostly gravel to where they live with their 5 dogs, 1 Meerkat, 1 Bat eared fox, 10 ewe goats and 30 head of cattle PLUS whatever wild animals/snakes happen by. They manage a 10,000 acre farm for a man who owns 50,000 acres. I will try my best to learn how to post pictures so you have something to look at. Patty