McMillans: Coming to a Town Near You
Last night, with passport in hand (hallelujah!) we called our wonderful travel guy - who had graciously rebooked, and then rebooked, and then rebooked the 'cheap' tickets (we had found last month) - and purchased our tickets to South Africa. Just 3000 smackaroos and we're all set to go (thanks to Visa Premium). Considering my family flew to S.A. 5 years ago for $2000 a person, this really is a great deal. Praise God!
We have never been this adventurous before...purchasing tickets for a month long trip - just TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE FLY OUT.
Can you say "spontaneous"?!? Watch out! We're on a role.
So here's the scoop (check out the map below):
We fly out of Michigan (to Washington, then via Jo'burg) to Cape Town on Sunday, October 8th (arriving in Cape Town on the 9th)
We'll be in Cape Town for about 10 days.
Next, we'll spend the following week working our way up the Garden Route, onto Port Elizabeth and then up to Johannesburg.
We'll spend a week in Johannesburg and hopefully make it to Pilanesburg (Game Reserve) while we're in the area.
We then fly out to Windhoek, Namibia for the final 5 days of our trip.
We fly home (via JNB) on November 9th - arriving in Michigan on the 10th.
So we have 2 weeks to plan, prepare, pack and totally freak out about this delightful experience. Wow, we're in shock. But it's delicious shock, so it's okay.
We would ask for your prayer big time over the next 6 weeks - for all the details to fall into place, for the Lord to provide for the huge cost of this trip home, and for favor and provision every step of the way. We are deliriously excited, and have been so blessed to see God work out the details of the timing and airfare (and time-off at Joe's work) for this long-awaited trip. God is GOOD! We anticipate great things ahead.
Stay tuned to the blog for updates, photies and journals or our journey. Thanks for your love and support through this time of waiting. We are so blessed by the people the Lord has placed in our lives for such a time as this.
posted by Joy McMillan @ 7:02 PM
5 Comments:
I am so incredibly excited for you both and wish I could ride over in your suitcase at the same time. I loved my trip to South Africa and couldn't have asked for a better vacation. Finally Joyful, you get to return home and Joe, you get the blessing of sampling a part of another beautiful piece of Joyful's world. God Bless you Both!
Wow, Abba is amazingly good!
He is so sweet to provide for our needs... and dreams, too!
We are simply delighted for your and this awesome gift of a dream-come-true.
We'll be interceding for you and expecting great and might things for and through your powerful one-flesh team.
Bring back LOTS of pictures!
We love you!
J & C (&B)
Well, this is my first time on a blog let alone posting a comment. Kathleen and I wish you two a fabulous trip. Be sure to post lots of pictures. We love you guys!
CONGRATULATIONS
Am so happy to hear you are getting to go, was there any question as to God's timing being perfect? Yea God !!!!!
We will be checking for pictures and stories of adventure on your blog. Have a wonderful time and enjoy the amazing sights and culture of south africa!
^j^ Greg and Becky
I love love love you guys... so excited for you. Can't wait to hear about your excitement along the way. Bless you both brother and sister.
Sister
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