I started this blog so we'll have a place to post pictures and stories while we're traveling, and keep an online record of our trip together. In the meantime, we'll post some background information on how this trip came about and what we plan to do while we're there.
The basic itinerary:
We depart on Oct. 8 and arrive on the 9th in Johannesburg, and travel to Rustenburg, which will be our base for most of the trip. We'll spend the first couple of days recovering from our jet lag and visiting our Uniting Reformed Church connections in the area, including participating in worship on Sunday (I'll be preaching - exciting and a little nerve-wracking, since it will be with a translator, which I've only done once before). Oct. 11-15 will be spent volunteering at Tapologo Hospice with their clinics, orphanage, and community garden. We will then travel to Johannesburg and Pretoria to connect with friends in the So. Transvaal Synod, who some of our members met on the last trip to South Africa in 2003. Some of our group will return to the U.S. on the 18th, while others go to Capetown for a couple of days before we return on Oct. 22.
So, that's the plan. 11 days and counting! Anyone have helpful packing suggestions?
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