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  • Violence in South Africa Only one week ago, riots started in 4 townships surrounding Johannesburg. Native South Africans began to target primarily Mozambicans, Zimbabweans, and Malawians (so far the violence has not be…

  • THIS IS AFRICA: V.ii A Trip to South Africa: Crossing the Border Many times standing in one of many "lines" at the Mozambican/South African border I've thought "I must blog about this" and then promptly forgotten upon r…

  • THIS IS AFRICA: IV. ii Kruger National Park Forgive my delay between posts again. A week's holiday without internet access and finally plunging into Facebook has consumed a bit more of my blogging time! My family and…

  • THIS IS AFRICA: IV.i South African Crime: First Hand Sorry that you haven't heard from me in the last week+. We just finished our annual Iris Ministries Staff Retreat with 200 people from around the world which kept me…

  • South Africa Last week I did manage to get my special letter of permission allowing me to head out to South Africa for a few days, so I left Wednesday and returned on Sunday. I had many things to accomplish including …

  • Winter in Africa

    As I write this I'm wearing a warm fleece and jeans, socks and slippers, while wrapped in a blanket with a heater pointed at me! I could never have imagined Africa could be so cold. Cold is a relative term however! Be…

  • South Africa/Kruger National Park

    There's nothing like seeing animals in the wild: following a lioness walking beside us on the road for 30min., 4 male lions on the side of the road, a herd of about 100 elephants crossing the road in front of us (trappi…

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