Home Again

Well, we made it back from Swaziland tonight. I made the decision that instead of calling it Swaziland, I only refer to it as "The Kingdom". As crazy as this may sound, that's the first country that I've ever been in that is ruled by an absolute monarch. He's a good king (and the source of countless jokes coming from our team - most of the "Coming to America" variety). We had a great time and we got to experience a much different living situation. Living near Joburg is like living near any big city in the States - Chicago, Detroit, etc. But life in The Kingdom is much different. It's a very spread out country of around 1.3 million people, most of them living on farms. There are plenty of dirt roads, people are much more likely to live in huts, and it was around 100 degrees the first day we got there. We hung out with the Cox family. Rick Cox is the director of most of Africa for Global Partners, so it was really great to meet him and spend some time with him and with his family. We spent most of the time going around getting a feel for the country, but we also got to swim twice since it was so hot. This trip was more relaxing than work-related, but at the same time, we saw a lot and learned a lot in preparation for Vox to have missionaries in every country in Sub-Saharan Africa.