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| The church we went to today |
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| the toilet, or just the hole in the ground, had to watch for snakes |
Today was quite a tiring day, as we were gone from 9-5 at
the little church that was about hour away (or so I thought.) Julie asked if we
wanted to go to another assembly today, and the 3 of us agreed. Rebecka got
home late last night from getting her work permit accepted, which she was very
pleased about. Rebecka will now be staying till November, but she is leaving
here from Loloma on Tuesday, so we do not know when she will be back. It looks
like it will just be Harry and I in the house, then when Harry leaves in the
beginning of August it will just be me :(. That will be very
lonely, I hope Rebecka comes back here, or maybe I will travel somewhere else,
not to sure.
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| two of the cutest kids |
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| inside of the hall, the lovely benches |
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| Looking for fruit, little detour on our way home |
Anyways, there was about 5 of us in the back of Julie’s
truck, we sat on these wooden benches, which were not comfortable at all. The trip
there and back ended up taking 90 minutes both ways, with barely any paved
roads. It was like a roller coaster, minus the seat belts and minus the fun
ha-ha. We were getting bounced around like popcorn in the back of the truck,
trying to hold onto things. I felt like she was smuggling Mexican across the
boarder, we were so smooched in there. At one point I was sitting on the ground
and we hit a bump so big I bunch up on top of the bench again. I never thought
I would say this but I missed the pot holes in Twinsburg. I also wished I had
more fat on my butt so it didn’t hurt so much! None of the roads are paved and you re driving on sand and grass (like off-roading, i'm sure Eric Sailor would like it.) You got to see how beautiful Africa was, but it was hard to see when your bouncing all around. Oh, the things you see when your in Africa, it is truly a life changing experience. So, about 90 minutes later we finally arrive at this very small church with about 15 people, sounds a lot like my church. It made me really miss everyone from my home town assembly. First, was Gospel, then Breaking of bread, ended with ministry. We used a very small piece of bread for the loaf, and used what tasted like kool-aid for the wine. I was very scared to drink it because water had to be used to make it, and I doubt they boiled it, I seem to be okay so the water must of been fine. The singing here is very lovely, you can sing along, I am getting very good at reading the language, just have no idea what I am singing, unless it is a tune I recognize.
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| the back of our packed van, the awesome benches we sat on |
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| Our Safari ride |
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| Becka thinks we should keep this as a pet j/k |
After the meeting the people made us lunch, of shima, cold beans, peanuts and a chicken that they just killed when we got there (how I know, because we herd it squaking). The chicken was very chewy but very good, I think I getting use to shima, it wasn't as bad today.Then after lunch we were given a gift of a live chicken and a bag of peanuts. It is funny because when I was writing emails to the missionaries from Africa, they said to always accept gifts with both hands, even if it is live chicken (and here is it actually happening to me ha-ha.) Someone had to hold it by the wings the entire 90 min home so it wouldn't fly away, I think it pooped on Harry. Tomorrow we are actually going to cut off its head, pluck its feathers and cook it (sorry anyone that's a vegan). Tomorrow I will literally have a chicken with its head cut off, no pun intended!! Around 5 we got home, dropping everyone else off on the way, because we seemed to pick up a few people on the way back. I think there was about 9 people in the back this time, but butt is still sore. The trip was especially hard on me because I am still getting over Malaria and I am so tired all the time, but I made it and I am glad I went because I felt like I did a real life safari without all the animals (unless you count the chicken and bugs and dogs.)
Well, I am off for today, hoping to skype with my family, missing everyone so much! We will see what tomorrow brings at the hospital, good night!
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| Harry holding the chicken |
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| The fruit we found, they are not to good, very bitter |
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| the chicken before we cut the head off |
Britt you are gonna be a woodsman by the time you get back. You will all trained in the ways of field dressing your dinner in order to eat it. If you were in the U.S. your trip in the truck would of been called off roading. You can tell everyone when you get back that you went all the way to Africa to go on an of road. Glad to hear you are feeling better.
ReplyDeleteHi B, so glad you are feeling better today! Keep taking your meds and get enough sleep. So sorry your new friends will be leaving you, you've grown so close to them in such a short time. I'm sure you'll make some more new friends. Our 30 min. Drive to meeting will seem like nothing after this. Have a good week in the hospital! Love and miss you!
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