30th September 2011

Bit of a cruisey day today, Kathy was up early however and helped Catherine in the bakery making bread that we have now become accustomed to. Creighton was on cooking duties and did a marvelous job helping Sindile in the kitchen and served up a beautiful lunch with a special Apple crumble desert.

The ladies went off to town and went on a shopping expidition to buy supplies for the Creches. They had a great time and found many items for the children. They bought educational toys and games, puzzles, toys such racing cars and trucks which added up to approximaely $500. They are still to go back and buy books and other resources. They got lost and ended up having lunch at Wimpy's restaurant which meant they missed Creighton's famous Apple crumble. They had a wonderful time.

Most of the men went for a drive to the township and looked at a chicken farm located in the middle of extensions. This one has been set up by a company that sponsors and trains locals to run the chicken enterprise. The farm is located on a church block. See photo.

After lunch the men started to do various jobs, Barry was teaching Raine from Finland to weld, Tim, Leighton and Zac continued to work and service the mission vehicles, Creighton worked hard in the garden with Sims, Erle had a sleep and Andrew did some maintenance to the Bilbe college huts.

The weather turned nasty with a brief dust storm and a fresh cool change.

We are all getting on amazingly well and teaching the WEC missionary's some of Australia's finest sense of humour. We are having a lot of fun and giving plenty of stick to Ruben the German who has no idea of our accent and Emma from Ireland, who sounds more like a Pom who makes the best cups of tea and has great sense of humour. Sue, from Perth, is coming round to the Dubbo way of doing things! Ruth, who is Raine's wife is now extremely rich as we have all paid our money! She is thinking about going on an extended South African holiday.

We are slowly buying all the Springbok rugby jerseys that are being sold at the traffic lights for some great bargains. Not sure why they are so cheap but we aren't complaining.

After the dust storm a flock of Ostriches flew over the compound and into the magnificent South African sunset, an amazing sight!

The chicken farm.

Andrew enjoying his lunch.

Andrew and Zac worshipping at the Zimbabwean church service.

The ladies being helped to pack the toys and educational games in the car by the parking attendant.

The incredible sunsets (Very similar to home but the smog makes it extremely red).