Wow, we had a wonderful time meeting Hildegard and Rudi and had a great time together, just a pity the visit was so short and every meeting a rush. After chatting on the phone and a lengthy arrangements, the four of us finally met on Saturday. We went for drinks at a local mall, discussed various issues on the church, youth, etc, we watched a few of their wonderful films and ended up having supper before heading back to our “host” family, Tom and Naomi Williamson.
Rudi offered to take us to his work office so we could check our e-mails (which seemed to be a luxury on the tour so far), so we got picked up very early Sunday morning. Although we had almost an hour, we were still going at it when we got torn from our computers to rush off to chuch for the 10:00 service. At least we managed to send some important e-mails and write our pics to cd to clear the camera memory sticks. We managed to say a few words to the congregation (although we were a bit late and had to “interrupt” the service!) and also get some footage of St Andrews church in Pretoria.
As soon as the minister said “Amen” we dashed off again, this time to Thambo airport in Johannesburg. Again a major rush (Lorna was very quiet, I assume she was a bit worried about missing the plane and Rudi driving too fast!) but all ended well and we got to the airport safely and in time. We said our sad farewell to friends who we barely knew, but somehow really felt connected to. A pity the time was so short…
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