Nathanael on sgt. pink 3

hey guys hope it goes well post it on youtube jonathan dont forget the grounhog miss u all dont forget to email me

An up date of Sarah

Hi my friends Zoey, Audrey, Miranda, Olivia, Alexis, Hailey, Goates, and all my other friends out there. I been having a fun and relaxing time here in Sonuth Africa. We have been shopping a lot for the past few days for home supplies. There is a lot of different foods and places to try and go. I can't wait to start to homeschool with all my brothers and sisters aswell as my mom. Our house is not air conditioned so you can probally imagine how hot it is here. When it's 2 degrees in America and 90 in South Africa. Yesterday we went swimmming at the pool on campus. It was the best feeling I had since we got here. In the pool there was a living crab in one of the corners. We thought it was dead at first but it started to move and thought it was probally alive. My dad took Luke's sandals and picked up the crab and threw it in the grass. After that we were pretty sure it was dead. It was both cool and gross at the same time. I miss all of you and will be home before you know it.

With lots of love,
Sarah

Sunday thoughts from Amy

Happy Sunday to all of you. Today was our first trip to church. We arrived early in order to secure one of the 7 parking spaces available and did fine except for the security gate closing on our van because we didn't know the code. Minimal damage. We are grateful for the "full coverage" we signed up for. We were very welcomed at church. People have a hard time pronouncing our name, they want to say, "Lehman," so it reminds us of Pennsylvania. Of course we can't pronounce any of their names either and don't remember any of them. The congregation is about 7/8 black African and 1/8 white African. We were 8 of the 11 Americans there. The other three were visiting. Lydia made herself at home and went and sat with several families who had little kids during Sacrament Meeting. Her nursery class is her and three adorable little black African boys. When you ask her about her class, she says she has class with, "her boys." She seems to be acclimating well. The church is very nice and the chapel is air conditioned!!! We will be fully active in church activities! I mean that as I sit here and sweat! The kids each have several kids their age, and we look forward to getting to know them better. Youth activities are on Wednesday nights, so we will venture out then. It is exciting for us to see the Restored Gospel alive and well halfway across the world. The saints here are enthused and genuine and have a wonderful spirit about them. The adult Sunday School teacher speaks English, Afrikaans, French, Greek, and Latin fluently. It was quite a lesson. My last thought for today is on a more secular note, and I couldn't resist. The grocery shopping here is quite different. No BB's, no WalMart and although prices are quite reasonable and the food is very fresh, organic, fancy etc., people don't have large families and so bulk items do not exist. Everything is "small, classy and a little bit sassy." Kind of like our friends the Goates!!
We love you, more soon.
Amy

Traveling to South Africa

Here we are with 16 suitcases and 14 carry- ons at the Johannesburg airport.

Nathanael

Wow I am in South Africa. it is about the coolest thing ever. It's not much different from the U.S. except a lot more cramped. There are also alot more people besides just white there the minority which is cool if you want to talk to me email me at N.lyman@live.com

WE HAVE ARRIVED

Greetings from South Africa! We arrived without trouble and are doing well. It is really hot here and our apartment is without air conditioning, but we are managing. We have done some shopping and gone swimming at the university. Tomorrow we will head to church. Animal sightings thus far include a gecko and a 2 inch cockroach, both in our apartment!!! We also saw some cool looking antelopes in a nature reserve today. It is beautiful here. We miss you all. Keep in touch.
-The Lymans

Getting ready to go to South Africa

This is the spot to get the latest information on the Lyman family's adventures in South Africa. We hope to keep this blog up do date with pictures and posts so that as many people as possible can follow our adventures in Africa.