Heading to Eembaxu

Ok, Let's return to the story of Namibia. After heading north we made it to Ondongwa. Upon arriving at the hotel we found the pastors from our sister churches waiting to bring us to their homes. I was supposed to travel with Pastor Pieters but he was unable to make the trip north with us so I went to Eembaxu with Pastor Ruusa and Teopaulina, both of Eembaxu. Teopaulina had a beautiful red truck and I threw my duffle into the back and then asked about bringing my camera bag with me into the cab. It was then that Pastor Ruusa informed me there was only room for two people in the truck and that I would be riding in the back. You know, I travel in Africa looking for adventure and here it was. I quickly grabbed a jacket and a small pillow I travel with to sit on, put a hat on my head, slathered on some sunblock and off we went, in what direction I do not know, Eembaxu does not make any map. I will say I loved driving in the back of the truck. It brought back memories of being a kid riding in my dad's pick up, this was in the days before safety concerns. 

This was what I saw from my spot in the truck

This was just one little glimpse of the countryside I saw as we drove for around 2 hours through the rural areas of northern Namibia

Thankfully someone snapped a picture of me as we headed off for Eembaxu. 

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Heading North

We arrived in Namibia on Wednesday afternoon. We headed to the ELCRN guesthouse in Windhoek for an overnight stay and then headed to our next stop, Tsumeb on our way up to Ondongwa. It was from Ondongwa that we would be setting our for our northern sister church visits. 

OUr group in front of the ELCRN guesthouse

This woman, Nailoke (which means let it rain), set up a business of baking breads in a solar oven. She measures out the dough carefully and puts it in soup cans. She then puts the cans in a box that is lined with mirrors. The plexiglass lid is closed and the sun does the work. With in a few hours the sun has beaked the bread which she then sells. 

I bought some bread from her and it was slightly sweet, almost like a corn bread. I wished I could have gotten more but it was early in the day and the bread wasn't ready yet.

This is our whole delegation outside of our hotel in Tsumeb

Getting started

OK, For 6 months I had been talking about heading to Namibia on a companion mission. We left on June 16Th and returned on July 2. I am finally getting around to writing about the trip and sharing some of my photos from the experience.

SO we left from Philadelphia airport on a Monday evening and arrived Tuesday morning in London. Our flight to South Africa wasn't until that evening so we headed into the city for lunch and a visit to Westminster Abbey.