To Market, To Market… Saturday 10/30

This morning we divided up into two groups to work.  Chad, Brian, Bob E., Myron, Wayne, Betty & Mike went back to the Seminary to paint.   They enjoyed entertaining and being entertained by two little boys while they painted:  sons of students there.  They worked on the exterior of the building this time.  Bob B., Julie, Nicole, Lisa & Bekah worked at collating and binding books.  We also started washing drapes from the Seminary.  The air is so hot, dry and breezy here that things dry extremely quickly.

In the early afternoon, Calvin dropped some of the painters off at a market that is usually just frequented by local people.  Then he took the rest of us over there.  We enjoyed seeing & smelling lots of interesting foods and other items there.  This market sold mainly foodstuffs, along with separate stalls where women were sewing and selling their wares.  Then Calvin drove us to another part of town where we got to see a beautiful park, with a picturesque stone Lutheran church nearby, as well as an old parliament building.  The parliament building is no longer used and the church was the first Lutheran church in Namibia.  We then walked over to some street vendors and haggled for gifts and souvenirs.  Most of the items were wood carvings and baskets which are made in northern Namibia.  Mike & Julie particularly enjoyed the bartering process! 

Oh!  Funny story…  We were at a stop light today, and Brian started a conversation with a guy riding in a taxi pulled up next to him.  Brian asked where he was going, told him he’d see him in town then, and asked if he could come to the guy’s house for dinner.  The man said he was fine with all that, the light turned green and we all drove off.  Later as we were strolling down a sidewalk, there stood that taxi driver and they greeted each other like old friends!

“Watch and pray, so that you will not fall into temptation.  The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”  --Matt.26:41



Bob B. binding books




Ring around the rosie



A completed book in Luchazi



Taxies like this are everywhere!




The guys playing pool at the local market.




Yes, they eat these dried grubs.  Just fry ém up-- tastes like bacon (so they say, I wouldn't know)




At the market.  Wayne is holding "African oranges" which weren't really like oranges at all.  Tasty though.




The oldest Lutheran church in Namibia.



A street market.



Who is the fastest collater of them all?





Brian and his friend from the taxi.