Introducing...

Katie bug...

Just wanted to let ya’ll know that I am now on the road in South Africa!! My first few days have gone well- at least I think so, Nat and Zana may give you a different answer!!

So, the lady that we rented the car from gives names to all her cars. Our car is named Katie (sweet, right?). Sweet Katie is a little blue car that looks exactly like Tazz. I love Katie all ready- they only issue I have with her is that she has no radio or cd player. So I guess that gives me more time to pray for safety as I drive :). I think we’ll be pulling the iTunes on the laptop to break the silence!!

Katie doesn’t have power steering, so when you see me again, I’ll probably have HUGE arm muscles ☺ She has red seatbelts (we think it’s nice accent color.) She has power locks, but usually one door stays locked- and it’s always a different door everytime…so Katie likes to keep us guessing ☺ What else can I say about Katie…oh yes…she has a big green bumper sticker on her booty that says “Katie.” Kind of like a nametag, so she always knows who she is. I think we’ll call her Katie-bug (in honor of Nat and I’s sweet friend Katie Thompson). Katie sits a little low, so sadly…shorty that I am…I may have to invest in a little pillow to sit on ☺ Otherwise, I feel like I'm sitting in a hole and trying to see over the steering wheel.

My thoughts on driving on the opposite side of the road are these...it will take some getting used to- however, maybe not as long as I had originally thought. It’s kind of scary not knowing which direction cars are coming at me- but that’s why Zana and Nat are there, right? The windshield wipers and blinker are on opposite sides, so most times when I’m turning, I turn on the windshield wipers instead of the blinker (which I should tell you they call the indicator), and vice versa. I kind of drive slower than everyone else, so I might kind of make other driver's mad. So, I get passes a lot and they are not scared to ride the bumper or pass when there is not any room to pass. I'd say that South African driver's are a little crazy!!

I know that you're dying to see a picture of Katie bug, but we've had a little glitch in the whole uploading pics to our blogs. It seems that by uploading pics at Living Hope, we've pretty much used up their bandwidth for the month (oops...who knew they were on pre-paid internet service). So, unfortunately for you that means a lot less blog pics. Makes me said, but I'll still be posting them as much as I can :)