My Trip to Namibia: Namibia Day 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54

17^th, 18^th, 19^th, 20^th , 21^st, 22^ndand 23^rd of October

This last week has been a whirlwind. Its so weird how when you are in the last couple of weeks in anything whether it’s a semester, a school year, a year it goes by so quickly! This last week I did not do too much out of the norm. Besides work, I did laundry one day, had a meeting about our upcoming trip this past weekend we started the meeting on Wednesday at a restaurant called Wimpy, which I thought was interesting and then after coffee it was moved to Cattle Baron a local favorite restaurant of ours here.

Thursday I had the pleasure of meeting two new volunteers from the Engos Farm right down the road. One of the volunteers happened to originally be from Doylestown, PA which was great to see a face from home. On Thursday we also celebrated Minnie’s birthday at bible study which was fun to not only fellowship, but have cake as well! We have been reading through Philippians in our study and I have really learned how I am so quiet about my faith in fear of persecution and I want to ask for prayer requests that I am bolder in my faith, but in an appropriate and gentle manner.

Friday was a big day as we were leaving for our trip this weekend! Our friend David Ward, from New Song Church helped organize it all and we were so thankful for his help! He even made us our meals during our trip. The trip started on Friday night when we picked up Hannah and Sarah in Rehoboth just an hour south of Windhoek. It was amazing to see all of the mountains just outside of the city limits! So beautiful! After a flat tire fix and dark already set it we finally made it to our camp site. I was a little nervous because there was a rumor going around that since we got to the site so late it would be too dark to set up the tents. I was not a fan of this since I have not only heard from my nervous Mother about all the poisonous snakes located in the Southern Countries of Africa but also hearing all the new stories about scorpions being found in sleeping bags. To say the least I slept in a tent all weekend! It was great waking up Saturday morning and praising the Lord for the beautiful mountains in our weekend “backyard”. Between the mountains, the sunset and the stars in the African night sky (as well as the safety of the weekend) we had so much to praise the Lord for!

Saturday was spent hiking up a mountain right next to the campsite. After a 2 hour hike up and another hour and a half down we had the privilege to swim in a water hole/ creek with a water fall and cliffs to jump into the refreshing water. It was a great afternoon of swimming, showering and reading devotions which Wilko helped lead. “Porkie” what we had for dinner that night was delicious, a stew with lamb, carrots, potatoes, mushrooms and much more! It was especially a treat since most of the weekend we were eating a “man’s menu” of meat, meat and more meat on the brai!

Sunday we set off early on our voyage to Sussess veli waking up at 3:45 making sure we were at the gate when the park opened at sunrise. There we hiked up on of the largest sand dunes in the world nicknamed “Big Daddy.” Pictures do not do this dune justice, but after just about an hour of hiking we reached the top! What an amazing view from the top, well worth the drudge up! Well ok, if the view was not worth it, fake sand skiing on the way down was worth it!

After stopping at the dunes we decided to start making our way back home, taking a small detour to the town of Solitare. There was a bakery there which was quite amazing to me considering we hadn’t seen any sign in civilization in many many kilos. Here we stopped to have the “Best Apple Pie in Town!” (it’s a little humorous considering the town is made up of maybe 5 houses and 20 people!)

The way home was a little nerve racking considering we were on Christopher’s last spare tire in his tiny Volkswagen with gravel roads the whole way home, but the Lord provided!

Thanks so much for your prayers for this weekend, I know a lot of people were nervous, but it was comforting to know the group was surrounded by prayer the whole time! Hope everyone is enjoying the crisp fall weather!