africa and international conference

update overload! these updates are long overdue; please excuse and forgive :)

i'm back in mozambique, somewhat settled down from the visitor craze since february and conference craze since mid-march.

most of the following photos are from international conference. they're not that comprehensive in terms of chronicling key events. moreover, the last few photos may be slightly biased and narcissistic in that... most of them capture me with people.

but for memory's sake. :*)

and i figured, this is my blog >B]

[3.17.09] waiting for our 6am bus, which arrived an hour late! we drove 15 hours south to maputo, spent a night in maputo, crossed the border into south africa the next morning, and arrived in nelspruit 3 hours later!

africa conference [3.19.09 - 3.26.09]

haha, major jump from the previous photo to this one. towards the end of the africa conference, hands family and african delegates enjoyed an afternoon with sports, namely soccer and volleyball. to my surprise, a lot of us were interested in playing volleyball over soccer. above: pastor floyd, a dangerously apt volleyball player with a killer serve. rallies between both sides of the net would last forever. i played, but was too intimidated to play.

julia and her daughter, maria :)

they (with the rest of their family) visited mozambique in december. they had planned to stay for a month or so in mozambique, but their trip was quickly shortened to 2 weeks. they both got malaria. -_-

prudence :)

pascoa and her third daughter, jessie! jessie looks exactly like her mom,

and tabitha exactly like her dad :)

voila -- the family (minus nyasha)!

international conference [3.26.09 - 3.29.09]

location: hannah lodge, happily situated in a game park about 2-3 hours from white river/nelspruit.

mornings were a real treat. crisp air and beautiful sunrises.

lauren on the look-out for giraffes! apparently, giraffes would come up to the dining area on the balcony, especially in the early mornings.

and conference begins.

with worship.

with prayer.

and (as pastor farai so articulately puts it, haha) continues with session after session!

quick break from session: game drive!

look at us,

glowing with excitement!

sad to say, though, we didn't see much. or, errr, correction. our group didn't see much, relative to the group that went the day before. our group saw black rhinos, tons of kudu, warthogs (so cute! they could easily be my favorite animal of the year), ostriches, and... aloe vera trees. -_- i just wanted to see a cat. one cat. is that too much to ask for?

but hey, beautiful scenery/landscape was well worth the drive

in this monster of a vehicle!

outdoor worship/praise and dinner afterwards! haha. oh, papa dave.

lauren! dannyboy!

alisha, me, emily, and jessie -- the last intake of "footprinters." miss you guys!

jessie! my previous partner-in-crime. now she might be going to nigeria! :*(

lovely liez! lize-marie theron. haha

time to say our good byes! liez with the zambians.

with erick (from the congo), innocent (from zimbabwe), and stuart (from zimbabwe).

lacey's good bye dinner at papa's after the conference!