Update

The past few days have been a blur. Sleeping is still not going too well. I usually wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep for about 2 hours. I have seen 2 movie's, one in theaters and one at home. I have hung out with the South African social worker for Oceans, Sue Ann, and some of her friends for an evening. I've done some general running around to get a phone, outlet converter, and other things I didn't bring with me. I have also helped the Agee's sort some donated medicines and started gathering photos to be printed for the life story books for the kids.
So far, everything has gone pretty smooth and the Agee's have been a great help in helping me to get everything I need. Darrell gave me my first driving lesson today which went pretty well by God's grace. I also went to the mall today and it was basically like an American mall except that the stores are just different and you see more diversity in people. The things that I would say are the  most different for me here is the lack of independence and the feeling of being safe. Not feeling safe is a big one for me. I tend to be easily startled even in the States so it is on my mind more here to try and be calm and not let fear take over. I think the hardest part is coming though. Once I move to Alexandria, I will be living there for about 3 weeks on my own until a woman from Germany comes. When I have thought about living on my own I get pretty anxious. I have the option of staying at the orphanage if I really wanted, but I feel that this might be a good time for me to try and overcome these fears and depend on God even more. I don't want fear to be making decisions for me. Also, something that goes along with this and that I have been praying for is having greater discernment and wisdom to know when situations are truly dangerous and when situations are just different and nothing to be afraid of. Please pray for these things.

On another note, the weather here has been cool and rainy, about 65 degrees F. I wasn't expecting it to be this cool, but I am told that by the end of the month it will start to get increasingly warmer. I am looking forward to that!

I've learned some different ways of saying things around here. Here are a few:
bangs are called fringe
a bbq is called a braii
a normal 4-wheel drive truck is called a bukkie. A semi would be called a truck.
texting is called "smsing"

Please let me know if there is any way in particular I can be praying for you. Thanks sooo much for praying for me.