A little detail

Howdi Ya'll.  Greetings from North Carolina, the small town of Andrews.  Yip.  We are in Andrews.  Are still to pass on all the love etc, as I kinda forgot yesterday.  We had another interesting bus trip on Greyhound.  I am glad to say that that is the last trip we will be taking on the Hound. 

Anyhow, this quick blog is to fill you in on a little detail that might not have been included in the last blog.  Our Orlando visit consisted primarily of theme parks.  Going to so many parks was way tiring, and definitely not possible without good family support.  Yip, I said family as we have managed to "adopt" some American parents.  We were spoilt rotten, having lunches packed for us, being carted and carried all over the place and having some awesome suppers and table conversation. 

We spent Good Friday evening and Easter Sunday morning at church with Leon and Carol.  Their services were wonderful, with a choir supporting the worship and a full band including trumpet and electric guitar.  Vesna and I were both incredibly surprised to walk out of church on Sunday morning only to be greeted by a table full of books.  These books included Bibles, Children's Bibles and tons of other Christian literature.  The Price... $ 0.  UNBELIEVABLE, but, in the words of Ripley's, Believe it.  We took 6 Bibles (and these are not cheap looking ones), and 3 books.  2 of the Bibles are the best selling children's/young people's Bibles in the country.  Wow. 

Now when I said the Bibles were free, that was not entirely correct.  I had to purchase a new bag to re-distribute my clothes etc to enable us to keep our luggage under the maximum's, as the books added a good 20 pounds.

Well, as mentioned above, we are in the wonderful town of Andrews, with another family that is likely to become adoptive parents.  Jeff met us in a town called Murphy and took us straight to his church for a tour.  Things are different here.  The schools have sports matches on Friday's so there is no Friday youth programs.  Wednesday nights just happen to be the evening that there is a 30 minute youth worship session (full band with electric, acoustic, bass and drums) as well as a Bible study time.  The youth all split into male and female groups for these studies.  The worship was wonderful.  Elizabeth's (Jeff's youngest daughter) drumming has improved significantly, which is difficult to understand as it was so good when in SA already.  The band did an incredible job, considering that they had not practiced together in a long time, and did not even practice that evening.

From there, we headed to the Maynard family residence, a beautiful double story place in a valley with a front porch, big yard and the family cat and dog.  Really cool.  I am typing this at 12 noon, which is about 20 minutes after Vesna woke up.  Yip, we were tired and needed to sleep in (Vesna's ability to sleep late far surpasses that of mine!)

Our time here is likely to be filled with long walks, waterfalls, hopefully some ski'in and generally chilling around the country side.  It is going to be good.