We're HERE!

We're finally in St VINCENT!!! YAY! Well! Today was definately a better day! I got a good couple of hours of sleep lying stretched out in Toronto and then a couple more on the plane to Barbados. the flight from Saskatoon to toronto wa sfun. Sat next to a Saskatonian who moved from mexico City wehn he wa s9 years old adn now goes to school in montreal. Very interesting to chat to, but also an awesome seat mate who wanted to nap as much as I did, so after talkign for an hour or so, we both fell asleep. It would be funny to run into him in Saskatoon some day. And Julia's sure she knows him from somewhere, but i never found out his name... too personal. funny - after talking to somebody for ages and finding out all sorts of personal details that a name is still the most personal for some reason...
The flight from toronto to barbados was a bit smoother and a lot more sleep filled. I felt a million times better by the time we landed. Customs in both Toronto and Barbados were painless (surprisingly) adn lead to us getting on the tiny LIAT plane for St Vincent. Fortuanetly LIAT did not hold up to its acronym of Luggage In Another Terminal, and all arrived safe and sound. It was a funny little plane that was so small that they wouldn't let us disembark until they unloaded the luggage because the plane would tip over! the Gibsons picked us up at the tiny, boiling 1 room airport where we had to wait in line for what seemed like an hour. We finally go through adn drove in "mini busses" (combis!!!) to "the Big house" where we are staying. Its this gorgous old colonial house with this odd mish mash of exceptioally beautiful old wooden furniture scattered all over the place. i just want to move in and renovatate!!!

St Vincent is interetsting that way - seems to be completly dilapidated - even in an amazing house like this. reminds me a lot of an African township. And oh! do i remember this crazy heat/ humidity well! I've finally almost caught up on my beauty sleep (i KNOW I KNOW -doesn't take a lot to make me beautiful!) but the heat is draining. i'd forgoten life with humidity. Its good to be back in it though! I LOVE IT! We woke up this morning to paw paw for breakfast - we used to eat it EVERY day for months at home in SA! then we rushed out the door for church - we led worship, and even though we're still getting into it, i don't thiink we did too badly. tonight was definatley better though. We came home and had lunch then headed out to Indian Beach for the afternoon for some swimming and snorkeling! it was gorgeoius. the water was nice and warm with no waves! Its fantastic to be back in the ocean!! Life here is so funny and so african! its so oddly familiar in its flora and fauna and general attitude to life! Being back in the ocean and surrounded by black people was so much like home, with the exception that all the women were a little smaller and fully clothed!... a rarity on SA beaches!! (tee hee!)

Anyway, i'm sure i've more than used up my dial up time in this post...

Keep praying for us - the heat makes us all really tired, and i think we're all a little nervous about VBS starting in... EEK! 9 hours!

blessings,
C