Taking the Plunge!

It’s rainy, wet and overcast in the beautiful land of South Africa. Sitting here with a cup of hot Kenya AA medium roasted coffee is about as good as it gets in this part of the world. It’s a good thing I have this coffee, because for the first time, I am taking the plunge into the wacky world of the Blog, which I never thought I’d ever bring myself to do.

Random musings...

South Africa’s incredible Springbok team are through to the quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup after having defeated the Americans 64 to 15, and now we hope they will hold on to their winning streak and go all the way.

Family news...

Jean Marc is back in school after a two week break and ever so looking forward to the end of the school year as he is excited more than ever to move on to the 2nd grade in January. Nicole is eager as well to get into school, but will have to wait a little longer as she is just a little too young.

In over our heads...

Speaking of taking the plunge, Carol and I are well, but trying our best to keep our heads above a water bill that the water company seems to be trying to hit us with that makes us look like we have an Olympic size pool in our back yard that we would have to fill every month to come to the kilolitre’s they are saying we use. Needless to say, due to the confusion between the meter readers and the municipality, we were hit with a water bill last month that was well over $1000., leaving us with that sinking feeling. Pray for us that all will be resolved.

Well, I bring this to a close in hopes that someone out there someday will actually take some time to read this thing, and maybe from time to time, even pray for the Ragsdale family as we go about our God given responsibilities here in the beautiful land of Africa.