Tidbits from Tsumeb

- New, never before eaten foods: peanut butter, mangoes, cucumbers

- Old food reborn as a favorite: sautéed onions on ev.er.y.thing.

- Housing situation: after accumulating a deep pool of water in our room that resulted in heavy mildew, saturated clothes, and a nearly-collapsed armoire, Amy and I were moved to a new room for the last night. It’s wonderful!

- New favorite cider: Savanna Light. Maybe even better than Woodchuck back in America...and the bottle is gorgeous.

- Traveled to Etosha National Park today. Highlights included watching a springbok give birth in a flower-filled field near our car to “The Circle of Life,” listening to Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the Lion King while driving around the park, seeing the Etosha Salt Pan, seeing a male lion!!!, seeing a lone elephant in the middle of an ocean-sized savanna, and seeing a million bajillion zebra and giraffe (my favorite!)

- Learned to make homemade brownies tonight. I think I’m gonna survive just fine.

- Old Tsumeb. Like Main Street USA in the middle of Namibia. Small shops, slow traffic, street musicians, and sweet parks.

- Backerei. First Namibian coffeeshop experience. Owned by a slightly crazy Italian woman from South Africa. Delicious authentic hot chocolate. Time to start a “Best Hot Cocoa of Namibia” list...

- The sky. Every sunset makes my heart melt into a pile of goo. I don’t think I will ever tire of looking at the Namibian sky. And to think it’s supposed to be even more beautiful in the North...

And best of all: being surrounded by good people and good food every single day. Blessed to be here and rejoicing in joyful expectation!