Greetings from Johannesburg in South Africa!

I survived the long haul across the Indian Ocean very well. With plenty of spare seats on the plane I managed to get a seat with plenty of room and stacks of leg-room.

I am staying at The Airport Grand Hotel, which is quite nice but not grand. However it certainly deserves the word “airport” in its title. Evry ten minutes a plane flies directly over the hotel.

Yesterday was a day of preparing for the rest of the trip and getting my visa for DR Congo. At around 10.00pm Peter Bondole arrived with my passport and the entry visa for DRC. Today I leave for Swaziland where I will be having a two day ACMI Confererence with around 50 senior pastors.

If I am staying in a place with the internet I will send some blogs through to keep you in touch with what’s happening over here. Whenever I am away I am especially aware of what a great lot of people we have at Liberty. Without a team of great people we could do very little as individuals. It is so true that being part of a team/family empowers each of the individuals in that team to do far more than they could by themselves.

Well, that’s about all for now. Please keep praying.

God bless you all!

Richard