(Sorry pictures will have to come when I have free wi-fi it took an hour last night to try and post the pictures and it ate up all my internet airtime!)Long time no writing! Last Thursday I left work early with a mild stomach ache, knowing that everyone else has been getting sick lately, so I figured, go home, sleep it off and I will feel 100% better! Well like a lot of other things in everyday life, just the opposite happened. I went home, slept and felt worse. I was in bed for the next two days! I was so thankful that Dr. Rob could help me with my symptoms and I was feeling pretty much back to normal by Saturday morning. Not sure if it was food poisoning, or a mild case of salmonella, but Thursday and Friday were not fun days for me. It is so true what people say, whenever you are sick, no matter how old, you always want to be home and have Mom take care of you!
It was so crazy that I happened to get sick this week because just this past Tuesday we were having our bible study at FHS with the teachers, we have been reading the Purpose Driven Life, and this weeks Chapter happened to be on Self Pitying and how we are called to make use of the challenges that God decides to come our way. We are to remember he does not allow anything to be brought onto us that we can not handle and that we are to be rejoicing in every circumstance that comes our way. Like I said, a pretty epic way in which the Lord decided to reveal himself to me again!
It has been so sweet to experience the Lord so vividly while I have been here in Namibia! He is definitely showing me what a leap in faith can bring as well as really meeting a lot of my requests in prayer recently, which has been such a blessing!
After resting for all of Thursday and Friday and finally feeling better on Saturday, I was going stir crazy and had to get out of the house. The first thing I did Saturday morning was walk down to the local Eros Shopping Center and had the opportunity to explore a shop with some great artwork and lighting fixtures in it. What a shame I will not be able to bring such bulky items L It was such a sweet morning just walking around before the midmorning sun was out!
Later that day I got to go with a lot of my co workers and new friends to the Windhoek Show. This is an event that happens once a year and is very similar to our local “NC State Fair” or any other fair in the States for that matter! It was so crazy to see what I have always thought as such a typical “American tradition” take such a presence in Windhoek! There were a lot of different vendors selling jewelry, clothing, kitchenware and everything else in the middle. There were vendors from Kenya and India, all over to sell their products. There was the typical cotton candy and hot dogs and hamburgers there as well! The funniest part was seeing the rides and all the people go crazy over them, just like at home. It may not be the North Carolina State Fair, but it sure gave me a little taste of home!
Sunday I had the pleasure of going to Minnie’s church, Christ Church, with her and N’dahafa. I really enjoyed the service! The congregation was very small, made up of about 20 people, but the message was very rich and we sang out of the hymn books, which I always love! I think I am going to try the Brown’s church out next weekend and then have a very hard decision on where to go for the remainder of my time here! The rest of Sunday was very relaxing; I got to take a nap to which always helps complete my Sabbath. I was also very excited/nervous because I got to make dinner for Minnie, N’dahafa and I. I was not nervous about cooking, but cooking for other people! Haha I decided to make scalloped potatoes and the local chakalaka sausage, which is a spicy sausage, it turned out really yummy I was excited!
Today was the best Monday I have had since being here. I felt very refreshed all day (probably from all the sleep I had late last week!) as well as quick on my feet with helping multiple students with their schoolwork at one time, which has been a huge struggle for me since being here. This evening after work David, Robert, Tanya and I relaxed at Mugg & Bean before heading home for the evening.
It was really neat tonight was the most dramatic weather I have seen since being here. The sky and mountains were dusty looking the whole way from FHS to the Wernhill Mall. Today was one of the only days I can remember since being here that there have actually been multiple darker clouds in the sky. Tonight on the way home I felt and then got to see my first sighting of a rainfall since I have been in the desert of Windhoek, Namibia. Thanks so much for reading, hope all is well with everyone at home, praying for and missing all of you!
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