the only white poeple in oshakati

Hellooo.
Wow its hot. We arrived in Oshakati 3 days ago, we are here for a few more days. It is in the very northern part of Namibia. We are saying at a place that is connected with YWAM. It is very hot and dusty, we stay indoors during the day with the fan as much as we can. Also the cold showers, we don't even have a warm water option. :) There are also nice big spiders in the room to keep us company.

So on sunday we went to a 4 and a half hour church service. It was very nice though, a few of our team members spoke, and there was some baptisms. The singing though is so beautiful, the natual harmonies of their voices is just man, i got tears in my eyes at one point lol. I recorded some so those of you who know me well will be priveledged enough to hear some.

On monday morning me and Natasha went out with some pastors to a village way up right on the Angola/Namibia border. It was so beautiful, with the traditional mud huts with thatched roofs and stuff. We met with some of the residents and prayed with them, it was so very nice. We had a traslator with us as their language is only unique to that one part of Africa. Language is such a cool and cultural valuble thing....it makes me want to learn another language.

On tues we did a 'door to door' prayer thing. We split up into groups, and it was more like, walk from feild to feild, from mud hut village to mud hut random house in the middle of nowhere for 3 hours. haha. it was VERY cool though, i loved it. My group of 2 with a young boy translator found about.... 5 or 6 houses. One of them being a group of people mourning the death of an old ladies husband... wow. That is somehting i will never forget. There was 4 of them to start, just sitting on the dirt. I went up to the now widowed woman and prayed for her, and i just started to cry beacuse, i just felt for her. And then the other women started crying, and more women showed up and they just sit on the ground infront of the widow and full out wail and cry so loud, it was somehting else to be there with them. It was beautiful. At another place there was a woman who looks after 8 orphans. She asked us to pray for her because of her poverty. We did, and I asked her if she wanted new shoes. (Because her shoes were tied together with wire or something, with holes) And she said yes, but can't afford it because she wants to send all her kids to school. And so I gave her my sandles, and she was soo happy!! She smiled and laughed and slapped them together, and i told her that God provides. :) The one i was with, Myra, (my teammate) also gave her shoes to the girl there who looked our age. It was a very rewarding, learning, nice day. And it was hot. and the ground was prickely when we walked back.

We also had a nice evening service for the youth here at the church. They dont usually have one in the evening, but we put on one. We sang, and i played guitar, and we did a drama and it was so much fun. In this one other church we were at (imagine a concrete building with a dirt/dust/sand floor) we sang and danced and it was getting dark and the dust was flying in the air, and i have to get allergy stuff cuz i think the dust may be getting to be. But it was so much fun, and i am always amazed at the singing of these Africans. So beautiful.

We go to bed at about 8PM every day because we are so tired and its hot hot hot. Starting today we will be tenting for a bit. .... mhm. I am also spending alot of money on water.

Pray for strength and energy and safety.

I love you all!! Since being on the road i miss home more. But i am still loving it here.
Shout out to my sisters, i love you and miss you.

"...those who sow in peace will reap a harvest of righteousness."
-The bible