Preparing For God to Move Our team safely arrived in South Africa landing in Johannesburg at around 7:30 am on Friday the 28th. We then shuttled over to the FASA camp located here in Lephalale, South Africa. On the way we stopped at Una Pizza, a very friendly and welcoming pizza place that had some...
The first June team traveled well and have been working hard to prepare for the camp!
Travel Day: The flight went very well, with the flight time being 14 ½ hours. We met Francois at the airport, who then drove us to the FASA Island, with a stop at Una Pizza. The team, Beth, Niki, Brenda, and Christian, was led on a tour of the island and met all of the...
Travel Day – Team arrived safely!
The ILA Team has arrived safe and sound thanks to Francois, our tour guide/driver. The team is all doing well, although weary of traveling. We had a tour of the FASA Lodge & Conference Center. That was followed by a fabulous dinner. We enjoyed hearing Jody & Kathy share about their call to ministry with...
Transition weekend – Team #2 arrives!
Team #2 arrived Friday afternoon grateful for safe travel, and weary, but excited about the week to come. We stopped at Una Pizza for lunch, and Francois our transport service driver made the drive interesting with all his South African lore. We did see monkeys and sable, but no giraffes. Upon arriving at FASA Lodge,...
First day in South Africa – We arrived safe and sound.
Today is Saturday for the A team here in South Africa. We had a good and uneventful flight and a great ride with Francois, our transport service. Our ride to the FASA Lodge was filled with commentary about South African history and sightings of animals like giraffes, sable, baboons, impala etc… We enjoyed lunch at...
It’s All Part of the Adventure! – Travel Day
Some things you just can’t plan for….. Like a stuck seat belt latch causing a trip member to have to “shimmy” out of the seat belt just to get out of the van. What a sight that was… How about two people with luggage carts stuck inside the revolving doors at JFK, one being the same...