Roadtrip!

I got the opportunity to return to the Johannesburg area for a women’s conference in the beginning of March.

I had planned to go to this conference months prior to our emergency trip to Johannesburg in December and I was thankful that God had restored my health enough that I could go at nine weeks second post-op.

It was my first time crossing the border without Matt and taking a roadtrip to South Africa with a bunch of wonderful ladies.

Thanks to my buddy and colleague, Liana, we navigated there well and enjoyed a bit of kid free time for a week. Honestly, I didn’t really know what to do with myself with all the free time, but I found some useful ways of enjoying the time.

I even got to visit a dear friend who also happened to be my surgeon during my previous adventure in Johannesburg. Funny how God orchestrates friendship even amongst the most challenging circumstances. While it brought up some triggers, it was such a blessing to get to share a smoothie with a friend who thankfully wasn’t wearing scrubs that day. 😉 She was sick or I would have asked to take a picture together. But I have a feeling there will probably be a next time for a picture. =)

We stayed on a beautiful piece of property with some friends that we partner with here in Mozambique, Palavra da Vida (Word of Life). I even had some added friends join my morning Bible time. The welcome mat was always out! =)

We enjoyed some solid Biblical teaching and refreshment at a conference in Pretoria.

And some fun out with the ladies before returning home.

When we got back to Mozambique, we enjoyed a little time with our team (though we missed our supervisors who are Stateside right now). Matt brought the girls up to the capital where we reunited after a week apart and then after restocking a bit we returned back to Maxixe a few days later.

Of course we couldn’t miss out on a little bit of fun with our teammates there in the capital. =)

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Yay for restock and a pit-stop at the “grocery” on the way home.

It was indeed a wonderful trip and a wonderful homecoming.