What day is it? Where am I?

So I made it safely to my overnight in Johannesburg South Africa! The guest house I'm staying at tonight is lovely and so is the weather! 

All of the travel went so smoothly I can't even express how well it went. Until I arrived... My luggage is lost. Yay! Not. That caused for a few frustrated tears when running on pure exhaustion and just glad to be to my destination and realize my bags aren't there. But God is still good and hopefully they will arrive before I need to leave in the morning. 

I was greeted by the shuttle driver for the guest house and three wonderful ladies who I will be rooming with tonight and spending all summer with! They are now out shopping and eating but I came to the guest house to regain some sanity and cleanliness. Although I have no soap or shampoo because it's in my lost luggage. Quite the adventure! 

But there's wifi here so that's always good right?!

Things I've learned so far on this trip:

1. God is good and he wants me on this trip. Well I knew that already, but he keeps confirming it each little step of the way. E.g. My layover in Addis Ababa Ethiopia was only an hour which is rather short for international flights. I was pretty concerned because I figured with a 13hr flight, there was a good chance of arriving late. But I made it to my gate with 5 minutes to spare before boarding to Joburg! Also, I had to show my yellow fever immunization record at costums in Joberg and I thought I might have an issue since today is the 28 and it won't be in effect until the 30th. But guess what? They looked at it and passed me right through! Surprise surprise. 

2. Staying up all night the night before traveling is a good way to insure sleep on the plane. 

3. Said lack of sleep can not be made up for when you're traveling over 24 hours straight no matter how much you try to sleep on the plane and you will still arrive an emotional zombie.

4. Ethiopian arilines is great. Except for losing my luggage. The plane was big and clean, free movies, great service, multiple meals, which were actually pretty good. And they even gave us personal items like a pillow, blanket, toothbrush, toothpaste and sleep mask.

5. I don't know if this is a South Africa thing or just this door, but upon arriving to my room (alone) like a normal person who's been traveling forever, I went to use the bathroom, finally could breathe and relax only to realize I didn't know how to open the door to get back out of the bathroom. It had no handle. So once again, frustrated tears insue, imagining scenarios of me being stuck till the other girls get back, climbing out the window, screaming for help etc. I prayed (should always be my first reaction) and finally realized the handle to the door was sitting on the window sill and I had to use it to open the door. Now I just want to laugh at myself.

For you praying people, obviously my biggest current request is for my luggage to get to me before I leave for Mozambique in the morning. The prayers have been working because everything else has gone so well. Not sure when I'll have wifi in Mozambique, but I will post an update about my luggage before I leave! 

Now for a water-only shower or a nap???