Hello From Lesotho!

Well this has been a long time coming, we apologize for not updating sooner! but we are here!!!!!! wahoo!!!!

All of our flights went very well, we had no turbulence or any delays or anything, which was good for us because who knows where we would have ended up if something did happen. our luggage even made it to Lesotho the same time we did, which is something Lindsey Miles was worried about :) we even met some pretty cool people on our flights and at the airports during layovers that were also traveling around the world which was fun for us.

We arrived right on time on May 28, at 7:30 am after not sleeping one minute on ANY of our flights (well maybe 30, but that is really about it), and we were ready to see the country of Lesotho! we were picked up and brought to Beautiful Gate by a certain Ms. Christina and a few other Beautiful Gate staff, got a quick tour from Terp and then got a tour of the city of Maseru later in the day!

We are staying in a 'house' with Christina, two Americans and a girl from London, England. We feel like we are in college all over again, which we don't mind at all, it's fun to live with people and not have to do homework all of the time :)

It's incredible being here in Lesotho and at Beautiful Gate. we cannot believe that we are here after all of the dreams, thoughts, and prayers that have gone into this journey thus far! we are excited and looking forward to what God has in store for us these up coming weeks and have already seen things that we will always remember and cherish.

Monday we got our job assignments here at Beautiful Gate, and we are both excited because we are working in the houses where the children are, so we will be interacting with them everyday, and we are excited about it! there are 4 'houses' here, each house has about 10-12 children in them, with a house mother and staff. there are 2 separate buildings, each with 2 houses in them, sharing a kitchen that connects them. We are each on one side in one of these houses, so we each work with a separate house mother and children, but also work in the same kitchen with the whole staff. our house mothers are very nice and know English, but they also like to laugh at us a lot and talk about us in sesotho to each other. We are their entertainment for the day we think, but they did teach us how to dance today while we were making bread, so we will teach you all when we get home!! :)

it has been interesting trying to get a feel for what it is like here at beautiful gate. We have seen all the children come outside to play, and it was so incredible to see all these little people running around the yard. but as the days go on, we are being hit little by little at what we see and learn about these children. while feeding them or playing with them or holding them when they are crying, we have moments of sadness for each one because of the stories that they have and the terrible things that some of these children have gone through, and realizing that these children do not have families of their own. it breaks our hearts.

what really made it real was today, another little one was brought to Beautiful Gate, and it's incredible to see the things that Beautiful Gate does for the children in this community is amazing, and we are so thrilled and so blessed to be a part of it and see and experience it, even if it is for a short time.

Thank you so much for the prayers and support you have all given, it has been an incredible journey for us so far and we are looking forward to updating you again soon!!!!