Saturday May 30, 2015

This morning we bid farewell to the lovely town of Macha and made our way to Livingstone. We were supposed to travel there on a large spacious bus, however, that bus unfortunately collided with a rather large cow. So, instead we piled into a much smaller bus with a trailer attached to the back. The bus had pull out bench seats and we all piled in on top of each other. The ride was supposed to take three hours, but we took our good old time and arrived in Livingston four and half hours after departure.  We were all starving on the bus and coach graciously brought out his secret stash of goodies and we feasted on pretzels, Twizzlers, pop tarts, and Pringles. The only exciting part about the bus ride was when we bottomed out going over a giant ditch, stopping to get gas, and almost lost the trailer. We also saw lemurs hopping along side the road.

            Upon arriving in Livingston, we hurriedly unpacked our bags and grabbed a bite to eat for lunch before heading out to our last game. The game was held on a mostly dirt field but this time we fortunately had lines and three refs.  The atmosphere of the game was very interesting to say the least. Children ran yelling and playing all round us, and a few were rolling a tire back and forth on the side of the field. Audra had a man approach her behind the goal during the game and ask her if she wanted to purchase a rug. Another man wheeled a cart right up to the sideline and tried to sell us ice cream throughout the course of play.  The team was not as skilled as the other teams we played and the end score was 9-1, us. Regardless, it was still fun to play another game, and the other players were great sports. At the end we all gathered together to pray, and Kyele shared part of her testimony and explained how God is even more important to us than soccer.

            When we got back to the hostel, we had some time to jump in the pool and shower, before heading over to an Italian restaurant called Olga’s. We all feasted like kings, and nearly had to be rolled out we were so full. When we returned, we finally had the awesome privilege to hear Elem’s testimony.  He is truly a man of incredible faith and his story was we will all remember and treasure in our hearts.

            Now we are all getting ready for bed as we prepare to embark on our Safari tomorrow! We are staying over night in tents, so don’t worry when you don’t see a blog post tomorrow night. There will be two posts on Monday. Thank you for all your prayers. Peace and blessings.

                                                                        

-Maggie and Maddy