Stop #3, Tsumeb

 So by the time we were ready to leave for Tsumeb, Sammie could tell that our car was a bit dirty and thought she should help to clean it up a bit.

The way it always goes when we travel is that we say we want to leave at a certain time and we actually leave about an hour or so after that.  We had a long drive to Tsumeb and little did we know that about 80km of that drive would be all on a rough dirt road.  So that 80km slowed us down a bit and not to mention all of the goats, cows, and donkeys we had to slow down for all the way to Tsumeb.

Our campsite in Tsumeb was awesome but we kinda just stumbled upon it.  We had planned to stay at one place and when we got there the gate was closed and no one was there so we drove to the next closest place.  !Uris Lodge.  (The "!" is a click)  This was probably the coolest place we stayed and the cheapest. As you can see we had a lot of room to ourselves.  There are only 2 campsites at this place but you have your own toilet and shower and all that.  You can see it in the big tree with sticks around it, that is the shower.  It was really cool.

During this whole trip we weren't sure how Sammie would do being in new places and with naps and everything else but she did awesome.  We had a harder time keeping her from running around and getting her to stop playing in the dirt while we are trying to eat.  She had a blast and couldn't be more thankful for a safe trip.




 Now our prayer is that God would lead us in the direction that he has laid out in His plan.  We don't always know what he has in store for us but we really want to just seek Him and see what he has planned.  So please be praying also that God would show us where he would like us to be and what people he would like us to be reaching out to.  Also along with that you can pray for our visa that it could be extended so that we can stay for a longer amount of time because we believe that we aren't finished yet and we would like it if the government would agree with us and let us stay for a while.  Thank you for all the prayers and support that you give us.  We couldn't do this without all of this team.  Thanks

Second Stop, Opuwo

Our Second stop was in Opuwo.  We stayed in Opuwo for two nights.  This stop was very interesting because of the differences in cultures all in one place.  You have the Himba, that still live and dress very traditionally.  On the other hand you have others that live in town that were dressed very modern.  Some of these people are Himba even that have decided to not live or dress traditionally.  It was very odd to see these two put in one place and living together as if nothing were out of place when to us it really looks different.

 It is strange to be in town with shops and all then drive just a few min outside of town and then you see huts and goats and cows everywhere.

     The view from our campsite was awesome.  we were up on the side of this mountain and we got a good look at the sunset.  i know this may not be a big deal but there was even grass to put your tent on.  In a country that is so dry, this is a really cool thing.