Sunday, July 3

Today we went to Pastor Tresford’s church. When we went to Pastor Stephan’s church last week, I thought the service was long. But today’s service was long – about 2 ½ hours. Maybe services in Namibia are just long, or maybe services in America are short? I don’t know. After service, we went back to Tresford and Fabiola’s, changed our clothes, and had lung. We then went back to the town hall and started preparing the dresses, hats, cookies, and juice for the children we had invited. We told all the children who were at the service that morning to come back at 2pm with their ticket and they would get a special surprise. During the service that morning, Fabiola, Don, Hank, Caleb, and Trey went to Walvis Bay (about a 90 minute drive from Arundis) to pick up the Samaritan’s Purse shoeboxes. At 2pm, when the children started showing up, we escorted them to a chair and gave them cookies and juice. Once all the children were seated, all the boys got to choose a knitted hat and all the girls got a drawstring dress that the Senior Saints made. After each child got a dress or hat, we also distributed the gift boxes. Each child got a box according to their gender and age. The boxes were filled with candy, toys, toiletries, and whatever the person making the box wanted to fill it with. All the kids were so excited! It was loads of fun to see the kids open up their boxes and see all their new toys – even Sarah, who is less than 2 years old. She got a bucket hat and sunglasses, which I put on her because they were so adorable. The kids headed home with their boxes and new garb in tote, and we headed home with dirty jeans and tired bodies.