Midyear in St. Lucia
I choose St. Lucia as a location for the midyear for the 8 STINTers because website said it was 4 hours from Jo’burg and not to mention it had hippos, crocs and the Indian Ocean.
People told us the drive was 8 hours and I thought they just don’t know. Well 8 hours was too conservative. The road that looked like an interstate on the map was mostly a two-lane road and often a one-lane due to construction. Once we sat for 30 minutes waiting for our turn to drive through the construction area. It took 10 hours.
But we made it. And had an excellent dinner where we are stating. The accomdations are excellent.
It’s warm here. This am we went on a boat ride in the estuary and saw crocs and hippos. This afternoon I dipped my toes in the Indian Ocean. And for several hours Robin and I had a great time interacting with the STINTers. We asked to share their highlight and then what has been the greatest challenge. It opened up a lot of things. Pray that we will be able to address some solutions that mostly deal with their ministry scenerios.
Tonight we have a braai (BBQ) and tommorrow a devotion followed by a game drive. Worth the ten hours in a car with cranky kids.
October 8th, 2009 at 12:26 am
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