Cape Town- My new Home

So we arrive after a successful trip to Venda and a great hunt in All days. So the stories from that. The chicken farm was not as much of a mess as we thought. The chicken farm is a small business that Dale and Kent started here up in the north eastern part of SA. The man will remain nameless but he did not follow up on his payments on the loan that Dale gave him for the business and there were things to discuss when we got there. Many questions had to be asked there and there were many answers given. The man running the business also had confessions and got many things off his chest that needed to be relieved from his shoulders. After a couple of days there at the chicken farm and with a couple of meetings with the elders of the church near by the situation was all worked out. We taught them how to get things running properly again and really stressed to them that communication with us was key. The man had not commicated with Dale for the past 7 months, thats one reason Dale went out there. So it went well there were chickens there and the business seemed to be running and we left with a good taste in our mouths.

The HUNT. So after a very stressful couple of days with the chicken farm the Lord blessed us with a connection with one of Kents friends who just got his PH "Proffesional Hunters Licence" so got to take us on a two day hunting trip. The ranch that we stayed at was near a town called Alldays- meaning its hot alldays there- and ladys it is close to the largest diamond mine in the world.. the Venetian mines. SO the hunt was on starting early Friday morning at 3. We got in the field around nine because we started about an hour away from camp. We got our guns and headed out in a 1946 land cruser that was topless and we were set to kill. With 6 guides and Kents friend Piet and now my really good friend we had a good time. It started out with a bang when we spotted a herd of Gimsbak and off Piet and Dale went stalking. Kent and I were left in the truck with 3 none English speaking hunters who could spot a mouse at 100 yards. After about an hour of riding in the truck, which is hunting, we spot a herd of Impala and its my turn to shoot. My blood was pumpin man and it the big bull of them sticks its head and breast out of the bushes and I had fives seconds to take the shot. I took aim and right before I shot I asked Kent, hey where do I shoot it, in response he said, "just like a deer". And in the next moment I had myself a very good trophy Impala. Kent was filming the whole thing which the video is pretty awesome. The Hunt was not over Dale ended up shooting a BIG bull Gimsbak and Kent another really good Impala. I shot another Impala bull that evening after missing a really nice one. So all in all the hunt brought us 4 really nice animals and I cant wait to hang them up on the wall at home. OH and by the way while out in the field the Lord treated us with seeing 22 Giraffe while we were hunting.

Now we are at our home away from home in Cape Town. We arrived last night and have already done so much. We talked with the youth here this morning and got to meet so many people of the church, we encouraged them and had a wonderful morning. Then Roger gave us another surprise with some tickets to a proffesional Rugby game tonight. So at 5 we were sitting in our seats on the second row by the Try zone. And we had a wonderful time at the game and got to learn what it was all about.

So the Lord had been good and we have been able to do His work, but in between hardships and emotional discussions with the people here the Lord has blessed us with some fun things to do as well.

Thats all for now and I love all of you! Thank you so much for your prayers.