Arrival

After two years of planning and praying and traveling and packing and unpacking and packing and unpacking...we have arrived in Angola with all of our luggage and all five of us! Wow, it's amazing we are so in awe of God and how He works and moves and takes care of us. This is just a short post to let all of you know that we have arrived safe and sound in Lubango, we'll write more soon, when we have settled in a bit more.

We are packing,

What a lame-core title.
So. As the title says we are packing. Once again.
And by we, I mean them. (This is Kaity, just in case you didn't know.)
So. Tomorrow we are leaving for Angola. And, this means that in the past year we will have lived in 5 houses. That means that every 2.4 months, we would move. Or every 10.4 weeks or every 73 days,or every 350 hours, or every 4200 minutes we would move. Basically, I feel as though we haven't unpacked since last summer (we didn't move till October, but we started packing in August.). Tomorrow, it will be (almost to the day) 5 years since we went to Angola the last time , (not counting the time Dad went by himself.). Things have changed since the last time we were there; There is a pool now. People have moved away, and people have moved to Angola. We are expecting a new addition*. Which makes our family of 5, become 6. We are older. We think we are wiser. We are taller (except Dad and Mom, they haven't grown taller since highschool.). There is a new mall in Lubango. (which is great, because the people are starving, yet they can still make a big mall.)
Anyways. I hope this has been an enjoyable blog to read. Let us know what you think!
Love Kaity.




*the new addition's name is Dexter.
**Dexter is a dog.

Packing

Another day of packing, that seems to have become a fairly normal phrase in our lives. We are down to our last week here in Portugal and are getting anxious to be in Angola. We are once again living out of suitcases and maneuvering around our huge duffel bags that are ready to go. We went to the train station yesterday to make sure we have the latest schedules and to ask about all of our luggage. The nice gentleman told us that the train didn't really have room for our luggage...since it is really just a commuter train we do understand, but it is funny. So our big bags will be shipped by truck on Monday to our hotel in Lisbon, I am praying that we arrive before the bags do. On Tuesday the 7th we will go by train to Lisbon, the next day take a 2 1/2 hour plane trip to England, wait for 6 hours before the 12 hour plane trip to South Africa. A short 4 hour wait there, then a 2 hour plane trip to Namibia where we will enjoy the company of the Knightly family for a few days. We will be doing some crazy household shopping, dishes, pots & pans, a vacuum cleaner etc. before heading into Angola. The length of our stay in Namibia will depend on when Gary Toews (MAF program manager) receives his passport back from the immigration guys in Luanda. I (Tammy) had the last of 4 dentist appointments today for a root canal, it was not as bad as I thought, but I still feel like I have been smacked around a bit. Gary was happy with the bill, it was 180 Euros, which we think is somewhere under $250.00 Canadian that is with 3 x-rays and 4 appointments. Matthew thinks that since it was so cheap my tooth will likely fall out soon...I pray not. Please pray for us as we travel and also that all of our luggage will arrive where and when we need it. We are thankful for your prayers, for the phone calls and care packages, and notes, we have been so encouraged!