Day Two & Three (Weekend # 1)

Saturday
We woke up Saturday to absolutely no power, gale forced winds and rain ohhhh sooo much rain. It is absolutely freezing � rumor has it that polar bears will be immigrating shortly. We were organized to go sight seeing this weekend but due to poor weather we had to cancel. However, we did get to go to the train museum and look around all the old trains and find out about the history of trains in Zimbabwe. The Museum was also open, but our guides were horrified at the entry price, over 990,000 just for one ticket (we also needed to prove were we had got our local currency from to make sure it wasn�t from the black market) so we decided to skip that one. Our first taste of the local shops were interesting � we went to the local Spar Supermarket and found that jam was on a managers special of $Zim 99, 500 and that Natural Juice was marked down to only $Zim 280,000 (their normal juice is what we would call cordial � weird, totally weird, just like calling cordial, squash, hey Mike and Cass) � and people think that the Spar shops in Australia are bad.

Sunday
This morning (still without power), because of all the wet and cold weather, I have woken up with a blocked nose and croaky throat � gotta love that � thank goodness Jodi has come well equipped with her medical bag � I was able to get a tissue, a cough lonzinger, a panadol as well as a sticker on my hand for being such a good patient. We had a fantastic time worshipping at Bulawayo Baptist church and hearing lots and lots of new songs (even though the words on the screen did not always match the words sung). The rest of the day was a blur � Jodi gave me a stronger drug (I don�t know if it was to sooth my pain or to give her some peace and quiet) and I slept until the evening church service. The evening service is meant for the younger people and it went off like a frog in a sock. The band sounded great and the teenagers responded well to the message. We had an interesting time picking up a load of young people on our migration to the church. It was extremely cold and slightly wet night and due to fuel shortages only one car could be taken to church. The problem was that the car was a two seated tray back ute and we had 11 people to transport � At least I was sick and given right of passage in front.

Enough of my wining � Must be off. Happy Blogging.