I'm sorry I haven't written in a while! It's is very time consuming and time in Maun is limited. We went into the bush (around 40km north of home) to cut mopane (mopanie?) posts for dinishing of a cattle kraal. It was a fun trip of about 2 hours in the bush (sometimes track, sometimes none) and it took us about 3 1/2 hours to get back because the ute kept over heating from the grass seeds blocking the radiator fan. Anyway, it was fun.We saw some zebra on the way in and back out again.
Lat Sunday the Maun congregation joined us for the church service adn then for lunch afterwards. It was really nice to see the church so full! The singing was fantastic as always. It's very traditional, but comes from the heart! Below all of that there is a photo showing the car after a trip to Maun! Read my last email update to get an idea of what gets it to that stage!
Traffic jam in the bush!
Our bush braai for lunch!
Mopane worm! (yes, they actuallly eat these!)
Our church choir sang when the Maun Congregation
came to church with us.
After the service they came to have lunch at the Cronje's.
The back of the surf after a trip to maun! Ther is more on our laps and my feet are resting on a rater large watermelon!
On the 7th March it was World Aids Awareness Day and there was a big festival/information day in Motopi. there was a whole lot of speeches, choirs sining and traditional dance from the local primary school children and another group. there was the ability to be tested for aids and receive the results on the spot. It's a very big problem here that people just don't get themselves tested, especially the men. So there was a big push on the day. It was good to see some men get it done, even one from the church proudly coming over to Mrs Cronje to tell her he got himslef tested and that it was negative. Mrs Cronje was on the decorating committee so I went along to help out the night beofre nad the morning with setting up. It was my first real chance to get involved with something the community had organised, and it was interesting! Organisataion would not be the word to describe it, it was definately Africa stylem but in the end the whole day worked out fine, including a very good speech from the head boy of the junior high school who gave a christian message that was very well received.
Sponsored walk to the fair. children form junior secondary school, as well as some other people from the community marched for the cause.
The traditional dance group from the local primary school.
Another dance group from the area.
Just a few photos I took around home.
Little birds that come to drink at the water bath.
A Setora (squirrel) snacking on a seed.
Pooll party! On hot afternoons the birds come to cool down as well!
Nkamo and Dipuo who live with us during the week. They have had a rough life, their mum died from aids, and their dad works on a cattle post far away. On the weekends they stay with their grandmother and aunt in the village. Everytime one of these kids cry my heart just breaks and I cry with them!
