First Day in a Beautiful Country

After my first night in South Africa, I woke up to see the flowing savanna and the towering mountains behind it. I still was in disbelief that I was actually in South Africa, a place full of wonders and experiences that I was waiting to see and encounter. We got to finally eat some very good food for breakfast. When I was walking down to breakfast, I was beginning to think that the food would turn out to be like normal camp food... How wrong I was! Later, we took a winding path up to the building called the "classroom". I started to finally learn what we might expect when we started meeting local families, telling them about ourselves and learning about their lifestyles. I also learned some of their language so that I could communicate a little. We then played many games that taught about team building and communication. Some of these team building games included a game where we had to get around four posts walking on wires and holding onto ropes. We beat the time that we expected to get! Today I got to read parts of the bible, write in my journal, and got to know everyone on the missions trip even better. Tonight I got to hang out with friends at the coffee house and watch card tricks. During the night, I was able to see the stars in the sky so much clearer than back in the city. I cannot wait tomorrow to visit the local church, and going on to talk to local families.  I also cannot wait to get to know everyone on the trip better and I think that everything is going to be great on this once in a lifetime trip to South Africa!!

Matthew Adams 

P.S. Christian says, "HI MOM"