..back to the real world.

By: Shaila on 3:05 PM

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  We finished orientation today and at 6.00 we headed to the airport so that everyone could head off to their destinations. There are 26 HandsON people going to different locations. There are 8 groups in all. All the groups except ours and one other left to their destinations. We will fly out tomorrow at 3.30 pm to Malawi. Today has been a peaceful day and very relaxing which was very much needed. We are staying in Johannesburg South Africa with a missionary couple for the night. 

  After not being able to communicate in 10 days and it feeling like you are living in a fish bowl, getting on the internet and trying to call family is a little overwhelming and because of that this blog will probably be rather short. Lots of very useful information was learned at orientation, things from cultural norms to team building exercises to the other religions found in the area. This time was well worth it and will be very useful in the days to come. I feel like to some extent, some of the information is still being processed. I do plan on writing more in depth about orientation in the next couple of days if possible. 

   I did want to post some prayer requests for those of you who are praying.

-Pray that we will have smooth and safe travel to our final destination tomorrow.

-Pray for our team as well as the other 7 teams that will be ministering in different areas. Those teams are going to Uganda, Botswana, another team to a different part of Malawi, 2 in Johannesburg, South Africa, One in the Lyndhurst district of Johannesburg, South Africa, and one in P'Burg, South Africa.

-Pray that God will already begin working in the heart of the people we will meet.

-Pray for the Brownfields. They're the missionary family we will be serving with.