Micaela is delighted to be competing in athletics for Merensky High School. She was always pretty fast, and even when she was little I gave up trying to catch her by running after her! I would always have to convince her to come when she was called, as there was just no way that I could outrun her!
It appears that her speed is not just about "not getting caught when she has the packet of cookies" she enjoys being in the front! In an athletics meet on Friday she broke a 4 year school record for 100m sprint, and ran it in 12.38 seconds! She doesn't even have spikes, and has not trained. She also won 4 gold medals for first place with 400m hurdles, 400m sprint, the relay race as well as her 100m victory when she set a new school record! Ken was always pretty fast, and did well competing at school, as was his Dad, as was his Dad! My Mom's Mom held her 400m hurdles record at high school for MANY YEARS... so I guess she has some good genetics in there! All Praise to our God.
We can't wait to watch her run on the 21st of Feb when MHS hosts the Inter-High...
We leave for the USA on Thursday 30th January. It's always tough to say goodbye to them when we have to leave! We will be away until the 18th February.
We trust that we will be easy to reach as we do plan to check our emails regularly.
We will spend the first four nights in Atlanta attending the Georgia SCI Convention there, and visiting with some folks who are coming hunting this year :)
We then head to Nashville for 4 nights to attend a Cattlemen's Convention.
We will arrive in Charleston the 7th of February, and will be staying with the Ford Family until the 14th February, when I will head to Grand Rapids for the weekend Convention of the Michigan Chapter of SCI. Ken will stay in Charleston to manage our booth at SEWE, and we will then both head back home Monday the 17th Feb.
We would love to hear from you while we are in the USA, and if we can see you - all the better!
Willem and Fiona have just arrived today, and will be staying here while we are away - as a helping hand for Dad and Mom. We are very excited to have them here, and know they are going to love being in the bush again. We have had wonderful rains, and the veld is just magic. We had the first of the baby buffalo calves born a few days ago, so we hope to know for sure (before we leave), if it's a heifer or bull calf!!!
Much needs to be done... in haste. Love to you all. Jo
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