We made it to Windhoek, Namibia! Sarah, Leah and myself have found ourselves here in Windhoek since Monday morning, trying to get things situated for further travel to Livingstone in Zambia. While here, we have been staying in the hostels where, needless to say, we have met some strange and interesting people. Our problems though have not abated as when we were about to buy our bus tickets we found out that we needed to pay $100 US for a visa into Zambia. Problem. So we tried to find another way to Zimbabwe (which seems to be our final destination as I have some contacts there ) without going through Zambia. At the last moment we found that if we stay with a certain hostel in Livingstone we can get our visa fee waived. So we quickly sent out our email and prayed for the best. They got back to us and said it would be fine so we purchased our tickets on the bus yesterday. It leaves today. And there were four seats left. We needed three.
But also, when we tried to change our money from South African Rand into American dollars we found out that we cannot if we did not pull it out here and have the receipts to prove it. AAARRGGGHHHH! That coupled with the fact that DHL somehow lost our new bank card sent here to South Africa has made this a very trying month. We pray that God will help us get the new bank card quickly and also that we can change the Rand in Zambia without losing too much of it. Quite a week huh?
On the positive side, we were able to speak to some people that we met. The girls talked with a family who were very down on their luck with a small baby boy. We got the boy some diapers and then some food and were able to pray with them. Also, spoke with one of the craft sellers for a long period of time. I talked to him for about forty-five minutes about life and religion and art. It was great! Maybe he was the reason we are here in Windhoek. Praise God for the small things.
This is also kind of off topic but goes along with my previous blog. Maybe the difference between the person you are and the person you want to be is simply one step. Make the move and be the person that God created you to be. Otherwise you will always be waiting to be the person you want to be, instead of being that person. Just a thought.
