"I'm on my way!"

Well June 2nd is here, it seemed such a long way off before i broke up from school, today all staff are back in for a teacher training day and, as the Proclaimers put it, "I'm on my Way!" Ruths mum is kindly picking up Anne and myself at about half twelve to take us to Heathrow, and Martin and David are travelling from Birmingham. We plan to meet up in Jo'burg if the flights are on time, we fly straight through to Jo'burg but Martin and Dave change at Frankfurt before arriving in South Africa. We then fly on to Beira and arrive about 1pm on 3rd June, God willing, but it is African time!I have been refreshing my very basic Portuguese, Hello, Good Morning, Thank you etc..... one phrase which was suggested as useful was "Do you have Sky TV in this hotel?" somehow i just know i won't need to learn that one! On my last visit i washed for 2 weeks in a bucket of warm water, which to me was preferable to the cold shower which dribbled water, but having spent many years camping that was no hardship. I am however about to soak in a hot bubble bath full of steaming water, a luxury most of us take for granted and one i will enjoy on my return, others in this day and age are not so fortunate and the precious water i take for granted is scarce and life-giving, it is good for me to be reminded of how much i am provided for.My next blog will literally be 'Out of Africa' and i thank God for this opportunity to meet again and spend time with more of his family. Somebody said how 'good' I was to want to go to Africa, 'good' has nothing to do with it. 'grace' is the word, I give very little compared to what i receive from my brothers and sisters there. I close with the Proclaimers lyrics "I'm on my way to what I want from this world, And years from now you'll make it to the next world" that is the sure and certain hope we all have as the body of Christ.