The Way Home

Well we are sitting in the Johannesburg airport waiting for our flight back home. This has been a trip that has brought up so many things in all of us. We are grateful and amazed at the World Vision Staff on the ground in Swaziland. They are to a person world class individuals, highly competant, and passionate about what they are doing. We can each one verify that when we send money to sponsor children, it is helping them in amazing ways.

I know you will be hearing a lot of stories from me in the next while about this trip, but I want to share one thing I learned. The last day in Swaziland, we had a chance to go out on a short wildlife ride in a gamepark. We saw wildebeast and zebras grazing close to each other. He told us that they do that on purpose -- the zebras have good eyes but bad noses, and the wildebeast have bad eyes but good noses -- so they live together to help each other out. I can't help but think that that is a great analogy for how we should view our relationship as a church with Sithobella. We are good at different things and can learn from each other. In fact, we need each other to survive in this world. I know for myself and the team, we can't see our lives the same without this experience and the people we've met.

And we can't wait to tell you about it.

Cheers from J'burg.

Jeff