dust and no internet for a long time

Hello!!
Wow, so i guess its been like 2 weeks or somethng since we have had internet access, and it has been an amazing 2 weeks.
Were in Ongwadiva way up in the very north of Namibia for a week and this past week has been spent in Okondjatu. They are both very remote villages with limited electricity and no running hot water. Oh ya...it was very fun having my first shower in 2 weeks last night!! Felt very nice...my legs are no longer green. no joke. haha.

so where do i start???
In Ongwadiva we tented in a church-yard - a baby church which was a tent. We had kids programms and door-to-door visits. All our stuff was in this one room and 3 boys got into our stuff on day and stole a cell phone and a camera. We talked to them and told them it was wrong and about sowing good seeds and reaping good things and about Jesus and stuff, and then they participated in our programm and gave back the stuff. They are so cute, and yet it was so sad because when we went to the police and to their house, their parents were so mad and yelling and this one woman was just beating her son infront of us, it was horrible. It is a common problem in these villages.
Ongwadiva is very hot and we stayed inside as much as we could.

I fell in love with Okandjatu. We were there from mon-fri and everyday we did devotions with people from the community and we worked in the church garden weeding and planting. I enjoyed it alot. But my favorite part were the afternoon house visits. We take a translator with us and go to houses and pray and tell them about Jesus and stuff, and it is always a rewarding time. It is not like in North America where when people come to your door you tell them you don't have time, or shut the door in their face or get all skeptical and stuff. No, here hospitality is of high value, and they will take out the chairs right away and sit down to listen to us. They are always open to prayer even if they arn't christian because they are aware of the Spiritual, and aware of a higher power. Whether it be God or not.
At this one ladys house, man, well these houses are just like a shed to us, thrown together with a mattress or something if they are luckey. Anyways, in this house she had like, 8 kids from the age of 2-10, all orphans, and she just chose to look after them cuz no one else would. And she was also sick, but what else could she do?? I gave her some money and i was just so touched by her. In this one room home with everything she owns in it - 8 kids, a dirty matress, a cat, some food, a lamp....

I loved the place. We cooked over the fire everynight, and the girls made us fresh chicken. it was very tough though....i was unfortunate enough to walk around the cornner just as they were killing it, and i pretty much puked and cried at the same time,. haha. We stayed at the pastors friends house for that week, 3 of us in one bed and another 3 in another room on the floor, and the 2 boys in the combie. Squished and dirty and no showering for me!! It was fun though, a beautiful land. Wish i could put up pictures, but can't yet.

So!! We are now in Swakopment, on the coast of Namibia, we are staying with some missionaries right on the ocean pretty much, and it is very nice!! We get meals that consist of meat, we all get our own bed, and hot water from the tap! It is a nice treat. :) we are enjoying ourseves. Working at a childrens hostel this week. Cleaning it up....painting...scrubbing...dusting...clearing...stuff like that. its fun.
Don't have much internet time, sorry for the fastly thrown-together thing here,
Hope it made sence.

To my Family, I really miss you alot, and it costs $15/minute for the phonme, so thats out of the question. Love you so much, talk when i get to South Africa in about a week.

God Bless!!!!
Can't wait to tell you all more, there is just so much.

:)