Monday, December 3, 2012

Day 27: School of Rock

Day 3 of rain!!!  It was supposed to be cloudy in the morning and then clear up.  The sky cleared for maybe half an hour, but then clouded over again.  Boo!!!

This morning we got up and around and headed over to the Oasis office to meet Bev.  She accompanied us to The King's School (Nicolas' school in South Africa) to meet his teacher and classmates.  When we walked up to the door, the kids swarmed over and practically knocked him down with hugs of excitement!  It was so sweet to see how excited they were to see him.  Some of the kids went to to board and drew this picture for him:

"we mist you" :)  Love it!

We were able to chat with his teacher while they played about what he has been working on and what they have worked on since he came to stay with us.  We shared with her what we had been working on with him and what his school in the States will be like.  

Nicolas with his teacher Mrs. Turner

After our school visit, we went to grab lunch as we were expecting our documents to arrive early afternoon.  Our paperwork was delayed, so we headed back toward our guest house to pick up groceries.  No sooner than we walked under the protection of the Spar entrance, it began POURING!!!   (We heard later there was also hail!)  Thank you God for helping us avoid getting soaked!!  We were also thankful that the rain had almost quit when we were ready to leave the store.  Once we arrived back to the guest house, we found that the combination of wind and heavy rain had caused a leak into our room.  Stefan went up and put a tarp on the roof for us right away.  He also had water in his room as a result of the water flooding the gutters.  We have seen at least 3 different storms that come out of nowhere and bring very heavy rains and wind.  Each time, the water practically floods out the roads.  It's crazy!

Nicolas had said he was tired when we were at the store, so he had planned to lie down after we got back, but as you can imagine, he was awake again by the time we got back.  So, we read Narnia instead until Lee called to tell us our paperwork had arrived.  She met up with us and we drove over to Bev's house to have her Father-In-Law certify copies of our docs to take to Home Affairs.  Another blessing that we have someone who can certify docs for us!!  Nicolas played soccer with Mary and Kieran while we got our documents ready and then we ran quickly to the Oasis office to scan them in to e-mail to Ruth.  Lee had dinner plans back at her guest house, so she headed home and we headed back to Bev's for dinner.  After dinner, we played Guitar Hero.  We thought you might enjoy some pictures of the festivities :)

Bohemian Rhapsody "Galileo, Galileo Figarooooooooooo"

Nicolas rocking the drums!

And guitar as well! :)

What a fun night!!  We always have a blast with the Beukes fam!!! :) :)  It's off to bed for us as we have an early morning tomorrow (not really early in real-world a.k.a. Michigan standards, but earlier than we normally have to get up in SA).  We are meeting our social worker Petra at Home Affairs at 7:30AM.  Please pray that this part of the paperwork process will go quickly and smoothly!!!

The Longstreets

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