Easter and our first UK visitors arrive

It has been a while since we last posted a blog... sorry but our social calendar has been very full for once!! I will take you back to before the Easter weekend. We travelled up to Pretoria to spend it with Elonah and Greg. One of the highlights of the weekend was a Good Friday trip to a nearby lion park. It was great to see the lions (and other animals) up close. The lions in particular seemed to have a peculiar fascination with Jeepy. They ignored all the other cars driving round, but got up and followed us. It made us feel rather special!! We also enjoyed the very long tongues of giraffes and the vicious eating techniques of ostrich!

Easter Saturday was a day of shopping. We had to load up on essential supplies like a printer, toiletries and halloumi that are not available in Lesotho. Easter Sunday was very enjoyable. After church we had breakfast and then were able to Skype with family around the globe. We chatted with Eileen, Duncan, Claire and Jack in Luton, and Gail, Molly and Fiona in Jordan at the same time. We also were able to catch up with the Bricknells. The children seemed to struggle to tear themselves away from Shrek, an uncle and aunty in South Africa speaking to them on a computer were obviously not as interesting. It was great to be part of family Easter celebrations thanks to technology. Easter Sunday ended with a braai in the rain.

The following day we headed to the airport to collect our first visitors from the UK, Jess and Kate. We had expected them the day before but fortunately checked the flight details and noticed the + 1. Kit’s excuse was that it was in French! After hugs and kisses we drove our guests to Maseru (via Wimpy!).