We're on our way!

Just after four o'clock on Tuesday 24th January I said "au revoir" to my parents and Tom and I walked off to have our hand baggage scanned at London Heathrow, Terminal 1. Our flight was due to take off at 6pm and if all goes according to schedule, we should land in Lubango at about midday UK time on Thursday. The adventure has begun in earnest!

We give thanks for all God has done in getting us this far, but there is still much to pray for. Over the next couple of days there is what my Gran's missionary friend calls "travelling mercies" - that the arrangements made will go smoothly, not least in Namibia where on Wednesday afternoon we will get a taxi to the SIM guest house and on Thursday morning a taxi back to catch the flight to Angola. Pray too for Tom and his family - his brother, Joe, has been in hospital for the last few days with a foot infection, and his sister Hannah is waiting for results from hospital tests.

I hope that I will be able to give you my first impressions of Angola soon. It's been fascinating hearing first impressions and first experiences from the other GAP students over the last couple of weeks. It is unfair to single any one out from them all, but over the next few days please pray for Avril (Montevideo, Uruguay) who spent part of the weekend in hospital with suspected appendicitis, and give thanks for her partner, Philippa, who kept her laughing through the pain.

Next stop, Africa!