Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Travel to Rehoboth, Namibia

(follow up - added after we returned)

This was mostly a travel day. We planned to leave GNCC with plenty of time to make it to the airport. We had to make a last minute stop at the ATM because were were not expecting to have to pay with cash. Then a stop for gas and coffee took a lot longer than we thought since there were no ATMs working and we had to figure out how to pay for gas with cards.

We barely made it to the airport on time and we barely made checkin. We went through security and ran to the gate and made the last bus to the tarmac.

George and Anna Marie were there to meet us and help get our luggage and donations back to Rehoboth. The only problem was that none of our bags arrived. Nothing. We followed them back to Rehoboth with no cargo and a phone number that no one ever answered. Our bags actually arrived late that night, but they were delivered to a maintenance building and not discovered by the lodge staff until the next day. We didn't actually get our bags until late the next night.

We spent some time at their new house and it was great to see everyone. We paid a visit to the Ark before devotions started and spent some time with the kids. It took a while for the someone to find the key to unlock the door.


After that we drove up to Lake Oanob and had dinner with George and Anna Marie. The main restaurant burned down a few weeks earlier so the summer restaurant was used. It was very very cold and service was slow, but we had a great talk with George and Anna Marie.

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