Other transport we considered as a long-term option...

 sand buggies!

state of the art tractors!

biker gang transport!

more tractors!!

Discovery vs Defender

ANOTHER break down - but this time not ours!!

After waiting WEEKS for our car to be repaired we were given permission to buy another vehicle and then to use the car at the garage as the future team vehicle - when it's eventually returned!!

We now have a Land Rover Discovery which is an exceptional car - great for the tarmac and exceptional when the tarmac ends - which we've had to test already!!  When collogues visited us from Lesotho in their Land Rover Defender we couldn't miss the opportunity to take a picture of our Discovery having to tow the Defender up a hill so it could be jump started!  ('Landy' fans will appreciate the irony of this!!)

WILD life

Baboons at Golden Gate National Park - 10mins from us

Night visitors include palm-sized locusts
(and soft bears!)

Frogs - that somehow swim up into the toilet!!
 - NICE!
(we return them whence they came!-))

Various buck, zebras, baboons - also at Golden Gate.

Terrifying tigers (not even native to Africa!

Waterboy...

Loves the jobs you hate!













Where there is water, there is a Zeke!!  And as it's rained solidly for 2 days now and he has no waterproof, he deceided to put on Ella's and go paddling!!

Where there's no power, the Chicken must still go on!

A couple of days ago we had another power cut.  (although we later discovered it was Zeke's fault not a general power cut - he had plugged a 2 pin plug between the live and the earth socket - but that's another story!)

Leanna had a whole chicken to roast, so, undeterred we lit up the braai (BBQ), got it hot, put the lid on and left it to cook for 45 mins!  Pretty tasty if we say so ourselves!!  Tough being a missionary sometimes!

We later remembered we had a gas oven all along........oops!

Shock and Awe Tactics

Zeke's new favourite game is to hunt down the Junebugs with a dust pan and brush and play with them until they are so overwhelmed they play dead (or get squashed!).

1st Day(s) at School

They have all been at school for a couple of weeks now, but thought we'd post their 1st day at school pictures.  Zeph is in Caterpillar Class (and even happened to have a Caterpillar bag from Grandma!)

 Suzanna is in Grade 6 and stated school the day before everyone else!  And Ella has the 'poshest' school uniform we've ever seen!!