The Victoria Hotel Pretoria

It was our last full day of the program, and we had a pretty good city tour of Johannesburg and Pretoria. We left the hotel at 8 am and hit some rush-hour traffic going into Jo'burg. Rudolf gave some informative commentary as we drove, pointing out UNISA, a university with 200,000 enrolled students, most of whom take classes online. He made comments about the coal-fired power plants (source of 85% of South Africa’s electricity), some of which were closed down and ...

Hey everybody, I'm staying at the Isiphiwo Guesthouse in Pretoria, South Africa. We have done prison ministry and ministry to orphans, the elderly, and at hospitals. We have seen several hundred people healed so far, I have led a few dozen people to the Lord, and it has really been amazing. I am heading out right now to go to a mall and minister, but I pray you are doing well. Thank you for your support and prayers. Shalom, Luke

It comes to something that even when the Skype cameras don't work too well that you can still have hours of entertainment and fun with your sister, simply by trying to take pictures of your nose and the inside of your mouth! Quite similar indeed. And then there was the demonstration of the fibre-optic ...

... restaurants and stores are open and besides helping to direct you they watch the cars to prevent break-ins or vandalism. It is customary to tip the person who helped you when you are on your way back to the car to leave. A tip of R2 is sufficient. Once back at the lodge Jim loaned me the power cord for his computer. It had a two prong plug while mine had a three prong plug. His power cord worked just fine with my computer and visitor outlet adapter.

Another early morning, leaving at 6, to complete our last really long drive day. At 8 am we pulled up to soem mountian in Lesotho, and were told it was a guided tour up the mountain due to soem history of a king of Lesotho. I was FAST asleep when we stopped so was so not in teh mood to trek up this mountain but after the climb up to clear the cobwebs i was actually really pretty and very itneresting to hear about the King and the history of the monarchy of the ...

... as a herd of impala. A red hartebeest could be seen quite close to the vehicle. We could not resist the temptation to see the lions again and returned to their enclosure. To complete our African animal experience we visited the cub sector. The park has lion cubs, tiger cubs and a cheetah cub. Tigers have been brought from Asia to help preserve the species. Although the tigers will never be released into the wild, the species will survive. The cheetah ...

... have seen and heard, what they would tell me if they could speak. I think that goes back to the time that dad took me into a house that was under construction in Uncle Tom's neighborhood, across the street from the old house that I used to live in. I couldn't have been more than 4, but I vividly remember the bright pink of the insulation and the raw skeleton of the framework. In a sense, I believe that dream has a lot to ...

... National Park 23rd October 18. Masked Weaver 19. Yellow-billed Hornbill 20. Grey Hornbill 21. Black Flycatcher 22. Pied Wagtail 23. Cape Wagtail 24. African Jacana 25. Egyptian Goose 26. White Stork 27. Saddle-billed stork 28. Green Pigeon 29. Cape Turtle Dove 30. Marabou Stork 31. Lesser Masked Weaver 32. Burchell's Starling 33. Black-bellied Korhaan (male + female) 34. Grey heron 35. Laughing Dove 36. Blacksmith Plover 37. African Palm Swift 38. Marsh Sandpiper 39. Southern ...

... just finished studying Xhosa for the night. I have a test at 9 a.m. I watch an episode of The Cosby Show and fall asleep. Twenty minutes later, a knock comes at my door. I ignore it. No one needs me right now. The knocker persists. I answer the door to find the sub-warden (more or less an RA) and a Campus Protection Services officer at my door. "Squatter check." I squint my eyes at them. "What?" "SQUATTER CHECK." Apparently they want to enter my room so I just sort of wave my ...