31 January 2009 –   It was overcast and hot when we got to Durban. We were told it would have been much hotter if the sky had been clear. I am rather hoping for overcast for the next 18 months….<g>

Just a short note to let everyone who may be looking at this blog that after a 40 plus hour journey we have made it safely to Durban. Along the way we met a couple who were in the same ward in Centerville with our good missionary friends the Taylors, a young man on his way to Arizona, a couple from Bristol who were traveling to South Africa for a holiday, and a young father who was traveling to Durban to visit his family. In all cases we were able to give them a pass-along card and in the case of the young man we got his contact information so the missionaries in Johannesburg can visit them.

We were met in Durban by Sister Mann who took us to a lovely bed and breakfast owned by a member couple. We had hot baths and naps and are almost back to feeling human.

We thought we did not have the right plug to get power to our computer but through a tender mercy of the Lord we just happen to bring the exact two adapters that that we needed. Neither of us realized we had done this and were very surprised that it worked.

We are now going to read some literature that we received from sister Mann and try to go to sleep.