A big day today… we left Mercy Air at 8.30am and arrived at a guest house in Delaryville in Matlosane at just after 7pm. We were glad to be met by Archdeacon Marshall Guma – who treated us to our tea at a Wimpy ( bit like a Little Chef restaurant).
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| A welcome from a Delaryville Sunset |
Andrew and Sam have been heroic… over 10 hours in the back of the car (with a couple of stops to help us keep going) – at least Rose and I had the driving to break up the day. 690km covered- I think that’s about 430miles… something like Birmingham to Aberdeen... we wouldn't have tried this in the UK... then again, there is far less traffic here than in the UK.
We were so glad to know we were on the final stages of our journey as we neared Archdeacon Guma’s home town of Sannieshof- about 30km from our destination. His area covers the south of the Diocese of Matlosane and we will be visiting some church members and projects tomorrow. He is a warm and personable man, and was on excellent terms with the staff at Wimpy. He was gracious and understanding about our delayed arrival (we had naively hoped to arrive about 5pm). We are looking forward to our two days with him in this area.
We were greeted by a quite wonderful sunset, and the views around the rest of the sky were stunning too, pinks, blues and purples. Thank you Lord – for a safe journey and the views we have enjoyed.
Richard, Rose, Andrew and Sam
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