We have arrived in Zim

Our family has safely made it to Zimbabwe or Zim, as people here refer to it. We have just about finished with the sleepless nights of jet lag, which is extremely hard on children- I have learned. We spent the first 4-5 days in the capital, Harare and now have arrived at Karanda. John is at his first day of work today. I think he has spent most of the in the operating room or theatre (as it is called here).

Moving into the guesthouse there are a few things that we have had to get use to-- we are now using cloth diapers, which is a adjustment....Beau has wet through quite a number of pants, but I think we've figure out how to do them correctly now. We are becoming aware that electricity comes and goes as the wind...it can make getting our chores done a little tricky. Another new thing is filtering our drinking water, which at times does run out...that is why we have a very large trash can of water sitting outside our back door. The guesthouse that we are staying in is just beautiful though and we have really appreciated the fans in it, as it about 95 degrees out.

Fran, John's mom, came with us and will be leaving next week. She has been such a help and has been able to work at the school and is working with HIV orphans as I write this.
We want to thank all of you for your prayers. God has already been teaching us about relying on Him and I'm sure He is going to teach us even more about patience, compassion, and love. We are going to be serving the Shona people and are excited to meet them, please pray for those patients that we will encounter as well as the hospital staff. A verse that I have been reading because it's posted next to our diaper changing station is: Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Hopefully I'll get to update again soon.