Untukmu Para Pengunjung

Our friend Jenn Power has been visiting us since Thursday afternoon, and it's been a delight to have a friendly face from home. Ever since we came, we've been having a lot of electricity. I thought it was perhaps because of her surname, but then someone told us about an ad that was in the paper from ZESA (Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority) - saying that due to some glitch, they have been supplying more electricity than normal. They were apologizing for any inconvenience and saying they're trying to rectify the problem! What a country...

Thursday we had a mini birthday party for Jenn - sharing some brownies with Alice, Mac and Gogo. Then Friday we celebrated our anniversary with pizza and a movie (Music & Lyrics - very cute - great music!) When we got home, John lit some candles (by choice, not because of lack of electricity - trust me, it makes a difference to the mood!) played some music and we danced. What a romantic! Saturday we went to Mukuvisi Woodlands to go horseback riding. We got SO close to the giraffes. There's something very magical about looking into the eyes of a giraffe... it's a beautiful thing. In the afternoon we had a "cockroach extravaganza" whereby we attempted to attack all of the cockroaches in our kitchen. Jenn was very brave. I suppose it was an odd "guest" activity - but we wanted her to get the full Zimbabwean experience! Yesterday we attended a farewell service for some friends, visited a lady in hospital and then drove to Mutare. Our friend Hope is starting university tomorrow, so we were dropping him off. Mutare is lovely, and on the way back Jenn got another Zimbabwean experience - standing in a bread queue and then experiencing the victory of getting bread (and eating half a loaf as your lunch/supper). God is good, and we are thankful that Jenn came (and brought chocolate!)

Anyone else is welcome to home... we don't make ALL of our visitors kill cockroaches... :)