So, what's been happening.
We went to Red Bay in the early part of December. There actually wasn't too much to fix on the Trekker this year when our year-end Maintenance Session came up. Obviously we had already been there in July for our driver's side hydraulic slide not being able to come back in. So, we only had to stay about 10 days to get the list taken care of this time. We also found that if you come in December, there aren't near as many people there to get repairs. I guess being between Thanksgiving and Christmas is kind of a rig repair "Sweet Spot."
Following our yearly trek to Red Bay we headed to Durham, North Carolina for Christmas with our kids. Well 5 out of 7 of them anyway. Getting our family together can be challenging since we have 7 kids spread from Toronto, Canada to Florida to Tucson, Arizona and numerous locations in between. So Christmas is a time to get as many of them together as possible. The last time we had our whole family together was for my mother's 80th birthday in September of 2009. So, even getting together with most of the family was great. Seeing grandkids is always a highlight of any family visit. They are all growing up. The corollary to that statement is that WE are growing O-L-D. Our oldest grandkids are now 9 and our youngest is closing in on 4 pretty quickly now.
After Christmas with the kids and grandkids it was back to Mission, Texas where we had decided that our "Experiment in Downsizing" was a pretty abject failure. So, we purchased a new home. This one has 4 bedrooms, though one is my office and one is going to be Irene's crafting room. The extra space gave us a good sized closet to store all of Irene's VBS material in also. Plus, this one has both an RV Port for the trekker AND a garage for the Ford Expedition we now us as our Tow Vehicle.
Being home this year was all about trying to get Irene's health issues addressed. Since we were on the road following her heart attack, she hadn't actually gotten in any structured Cardiac Rehab. So, while we were there she got about 1/2 of those rehab appointments taken care of. Not wanting to turn this blog post into WebMD, we will just say that she's had appointments with 4 different specialists as well as our Primary Care Physician in the last six weeks. I was feeling so ignored I went and got a shot in my eyeball just to get some attention! LOL. She's making some progress for which we are very thankful and want to thank all of you that have been praying for her recovery.
In February we made a swing west from Mission to visit to see the western part of our family. We have a son that lives in Tucson, Arizona with his family and another one that lives in Odessa, Texas with his family. These were the 2 of our kids that couldn't make it to Durham for Christmas so we had to go see these grandkids too.
As I sit here now typing this posting we are in Cape Town, South Africa on what has been for me a virtually yearly mission trip since 1984. Irene's been here about 15 or so times over that 34 year period. At the end of this post I'll going to put the schedule of our stay here. We will be here 7 weeks. Much of the last 2 will be doing some "sightseeing in Namibia's Caprivi Strip. We are also going to go to Livingstone, Zambia to see Victoria Falls which are near the headwaters of the Zambezi River.
On the map of Namibia above you can see the arm that extends to the east, south of
Angola and Zambia and North of Botswana. That is the "Caprivi Strip."
We arrived on the 7th of March and will return to the US on the 24th of April. During our mission trip in South Africa and Namibia Irene or I will teach (or I will preach) at 5 different churches and the Cape Bible School. Below is the schedule for our Mission Trip:
2018 South Africa/Namibia Mission Trip Schedule
March 5th – April 24th 2018
March 5th - Monday
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5:40 PM – 7:15 PM
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AA 5772
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McAllen
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DFW
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10:15 PM
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AA 78
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DFW
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March 6th - Tuesday
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1:10 PM
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AA78
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London – Heathrow
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6:10 PM
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BA55
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London - Heathrow
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March 7th - Wednesday
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7:15 AM
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BA55
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Johannesburg
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10:35 AM – 12:45 PM
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BA6409
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Johannesburg
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Cape Town
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6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Wednesday Night Study
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Athlone
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Adult Bible study
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March 8th - Thursday
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CBS (RJ)
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Athlone
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Young Adults
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March 9th - Friday
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Athlone
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Youth
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March 10th - Saturday
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Athlone
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Elders & Deacons
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March 11th - Sunday
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Morning Bible Study
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Athlone
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Sunday Morning Lesson
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Athlone
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Sunday Evening Lesson
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Atlantis Sing a Long??
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March 12th - Monday
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March 13th - Tuesday
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Men’s Class
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Jones’ House
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Book of Jude Overview
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March 14th - Wednesday
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Wednesday Night Study
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Gugulethu
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Walk By Faith Not Sight
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March 15th - Thursday
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March 16th - Friday
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March 17th - Saturday
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CBS
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CBS
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Authority & Silence
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March 18th - Sunday
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Morning Bible Study
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Bellville
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Sunday Morning Lesson
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Bellville
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Sunday Evening Lesson
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Gugulethu
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Lesson from Mark
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March 19th - Monday
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March 20th - Tuesday
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March 21st - Wednesday
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Wednesday Night Study
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Gugulethu
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Walking Wisely
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March 22nd - Thursday
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CBS
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CBS
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Understand Bible Alike
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March 23rd - Friday
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ATHLONE - REDUX
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March 24th - Saturday
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March 25th - Sunday
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Morning Bible Study
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Thicket Rd
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Forgiveness
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Sunday Morning Lesson
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Thicket Rd
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Worse than Saul
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Sunday Evening Lesson
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Thicket Rd
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More than David
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March 26th - Monday
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Thicket Rd
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You’ve left the church
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March 27th - Tuesday
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Thicket Rd
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Brethren let you down
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March 28th - Wednesday
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Wednesday Night Study
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Thicket Rd
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Be faithful till death
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March 29th - Thursday
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March 30th - Friday
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March 31st - Saturday
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April 1st - Sunday
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Sunday Morning Lesson
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Gugulethu
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Great Is Our God
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April 2nd - Monday
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April 3rd - Tuesday
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Soup Kitchen &
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Men’s Class
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April 4th - Wednesday
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Wednesday Night Study
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Gugulethu
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Keep Walking In Truth
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April 5th - Thursday
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Leave for Namibia
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CBS (Malan)
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April 6th - Friday
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Arrive in Namibia
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Friday Night Classes
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Keetmanshoop
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Forgiveness In Christ
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April 7th – Saturday
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Saturday Night Classes
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Keetmanshoop
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Rohan Jones
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April 8th – Sunday
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Sunday Morning Study
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Keetmanshoop
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Restore Us Again
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Sunday Morning Lesson
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Keetmanshoop
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Brethren Let You Down
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Sunday Evening Lesson
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Keetmanshoop
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Faithful Until Death
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April 9th – Monday
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Leave for Windhoek
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FLY or DRIVE (TBD)
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Arrive in Windhoek
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Protea Hotel Fürstenhof
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4 Dr. Frans Indongo St
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Windhoek
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April 10th – Tuesday
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Protea Hotel Fürstenhof
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4 Dr. Frans Indongo St
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Windhoek
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April 11th - Wednesday
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9:35 AM – 11:05 AM
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AN133
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Windhoek Eros
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Katima Mulilo
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Protea Zambezi Lodge
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Ngoma Rd. Caprivi
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Katima Mulilo
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April 12th - Thursday
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Protea Zambezi Lodge
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April 13th - Friday
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Protea Zambezi Lodge
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April 14th - Saturday
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Protea Zambezi Lodge
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CBS (Malan)
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April 15th - Sunday
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Protea Zambezi Lodge
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April 16th - Monday
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Protea Zambezi Lodge
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AN134
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Katima Mulilo
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Windhoek Eros
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Etango Ranch Guest Farm
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B6 – Opposite Airport
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Windhoek
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April 17th - Tuesday
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5:30 AM – 8:10 AM
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SAA73
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Windhoek
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Johannesburg
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10:40 AM – 12:20 PM
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SAA48
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Johannesburg
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Livingstone, Zambia
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Protea Livingstone
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Mosi-O-Tunya Rd
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Livingstone
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April 18th - Wednesday
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Protea Livingstone
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April 19th – Thursday
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Protea Livingstone
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CBS (Malan)
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1:00 PM – 2:40 PM
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SAA49
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Livingstone
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Johannesburg
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5:45 PM – 7:55 PM
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SAA359
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Johannesburg
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Cape Town
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April 20th – Friday
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April 21st – Saturday
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April 22nd – Sunday
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Sunday Morning Lesson
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Gugulethu
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Our God Is Awesome
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Sunday Evening Lesson
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Gugulethu
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Boasting In The Lord
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April 23rd - Monday
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5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
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BA6422
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Cape Town
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Johannesburg
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8:45 PM
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BA54
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Johannesburg
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April 24th - Tuesday
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6:55 AM
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BA54
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London
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9:15 AM – 1:25 PM
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AA51
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London Heathrow
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DFW
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6:40 PM – 8:21 PM
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AA1129
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DFW
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McAllen
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