Sunday, January 25, 2009

Greater Zimbabwe Ruins






























While in Zimbabwe for the Cholera outbreak we had the opportunity to attend a branch there. The Church had previously had a regional conference for the Africans which was taped. We went with the senior couple to a small branch 3 hours away from the capitol city of Harare. We went supplied with a generator, 150 feet of extension cords, computer, projector, screen, and all kinds of adaptors. On the way we got a chance to stop at the Greater Zimbabwe ruins. This is the ruins of the most advanced civilization in all of Africa, from about a 1,000 years ago. The empire stretched over much of southern Africa and is claimed be the home of the Queen of Sheba. We hiked around the area for a couple of hours and heard all about the history of this area.












































Arriving Sat. afternoon at the branch, the men set up the equipment for Sun., I spent the afternoon teaching about cholera prevention. This village has not had electricity for a month. Hence the Generator!





The hotel we were staying at told us they had water. I was so excited to take a bath so I turned the water on and got ready to soak in the tub. MAYBE NOT!

























Sunday morning we arrived to find the chapel full ( 120 people) and electricity ON! It stayed on for 2 hours during the presentation and quit about 10 minutes after! Miracle?



Walking to Church Love this little girls choice of shoes!



























1 comment:

Pedaling said...

beautiful sunset.
beautiful people.
blogging can be sooo frustrating with pictures and spaces- i could show you how to fix it, but can't tell you how..it's no big deal, we can scroll down.
just keep posting.