Hi to all of you!
We arrived here safely yesterday afternoon about 3:00. It was a long journey and we are tired but in a day or two we will be adjusted. All four of our bags arrived on time with us at the airport in Livingstone. We were pleased and amazed. The bags were checked right through from Regina to Livingstone, and they still made it here even though there were plane changes in Toronto, London, and Johannesburg. AND, 99% of the contents were still in our bags! A few things did get removed from one of the bags along the way, but we are not quite sure what is missing. When we arrived at the Mbumwae's house, we were greeted by their dog, Tripod, and a power outage.
We went to bed about 9:30 last night and it felt great to be horizontal! I went to sleep immediately and slept through to about 4:00 a.m., which was about the time that Sue finally fell asleep. I stayed in bed trying to fall asleep once again, but it did not really happen. Our first visitor at the door showed up while we were still in bed this morning. It was one of the college girls looking for money so that she can return to school. The rest of the day has been very quiet so far, with no other door knockers. That will begin soon enough.
We have just been unpacking our things and getting organized. We went to church at the traditional 10:00 time this morning only to learn that church began at 9:00. One or two people kidded us about being on Canadian time. Since they have an evening service here, we will go early to make up the difference.
A college group from Harding is here for their first semester. They will start each morning with a Tonga class at 6:30, and then from 7:00 to 8:00 they will have a class on Tonga culture. It would be very good for us to join them if that is permitted. Sue and I set ourselves a goal of learning some Tonga while we are here, and this might be just be the ticket. We will see how it all turns out since early mornings are not really one of my strengths.
We are fine.
Love to all,
Rich & Sue
We arrived here safely yesterday afternoon about 3:00. It was a long journey and we are tired but in a day or two we will be adjusted. All four of our bags arrived on time with us at the airport in Livingstone. We were pleased and amazed. The bags were checked right through from Regina to Livingstone, and they still made it here even though there were plane changes in Toronto, London, and Johannesburg. AND, 99% of the contents were still in our bags! A few things did get removed from one of the bags along the way, but we are not quite sure what is missing. When we arrived at the Mbumwae's house, we were greeted by their dog, Tripod, and a power outage.
We went to bed about 9:30 last night and it felt great to be horizontal! I went to sleep immediately and slept through to about 4:00 a.m., which was about the time that Sue finally fell asleep. I stayed in bed trying to fall asleep once again, but it did not really happen. Our first visitor at the door showed up while we were still in bed this morning. It was one of the college girls looking for money so that she can return to school. The rest of the day has been very quiet so far, with no other door knockers. That will begin soon enough.
We have just been unpacking our things and getting organized. We went to church at the traditional 10:00 time this morning only to learn that church began at 9:00. One or two people kidded us about being on Canadian time. Since they have an evening service here, we will go early to make up the difference.
A college group from Harding is here for their first semester. They will start each morning with a Tonga class at 6:30, and then from 7:00 to 8:00 they will have a class on Tonga culture. It would be very good for us to join them if that is permitted. Sue and I set ourselves a goal of learning some Tonga while we are here, and this might be just be the ticket. We will see how it all turns out since early mornings are not really one of my strengths.
We are fine.
Love to all,
Rich & Sue
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