We're Here!

It's Sunday night and we just got back from an afternoon hiking in the mountains. Some of the guys are cooking dinner, others are taking a shower, and the rest are taking it easy. This morning, half of our group went to a local church (which felt very much like a Baptist service), and the other half went on a march through town with about 1,000 locals to raise awareness for world hunger.

We're staying in a dormatory run by the Girl Guides (similar to the Girl Scouts). We have our own kitchen, but unless we're given access to the private quaters of some of the residents, our showers are COLD.

One of the unexpected changes given our switch from Ethiopia to Lesotho is the weather. Our team was prepared to sweat in the sun, but instead we are bundled up trying to stay warm. There's no central heat in the city, so we're thankful for space heaters in our rooms.

The flight to Paris wasn't all that bad, which meant that most people didn't get any sleep because they watched movies the whole time. That made for a loooong day walking around the streets of Paris, and by the time we met for dinner later that evening we were all pretty wiped out. The flight to Johannesburgh was about 10 hours and we had a couple more hours in the airport before we finally left for our last hour-long flight into Maseru. We were greeted at the airport by our guides, John and Tricia, and they have taken great care of us. Other than the one lost bag (which is being retrieved at the moment), the trip down was great, and now we're ready to start building tomorrow.

Thanks so much for all your prayers. More updates to come for sure.