We had a busy day again today.  We went to the office at 8:00 this morning for devotions and a tour.  I was given a password for the computer so I can use that one when I am “playing receptionist”. I don’t think they have  much in the way of phone calls or visitors, but there are a few other things where I can hopefully help a little.

After our tour and we were situated with computers, we went to the store to pick up a few groceries.  It was fun trying to figure out the labels on the packaging. Some were in English, some we could recognize from being in Swaziland, because of the similarity of Dutch and Afrikaans, and others we just guessed!  Everything seems very expensive here, probably due to the high influx of tourists.

After lunch, Ivan came over to repair our shower.  It has something worn out in it, so he changed the water so it runs through the hot water heater (it doesn’t heat)so now we can take a shower instead of using a pitcher! Nice!!

I wonder how long it will take before I remember that no matter how long I allow the water to run, it will be the same temperature?

After lunch, I did a few things around the house and then walked into town. I did have the car, but since it is stick shift and parking is limited and people drive a little crazy, I decided to walk.  It is about a half mile and I walked on the shady side of the street.  I visited several shops and picked up a few things that I wanted.  I walked home by the sea and stopped by the old fish market where they sell vegetables now.  I bought a hand of the little short, fat bananas that are so good. There are about 16 bananas on the hand I bought from the toothless little old man.

One thing that is nice,now is that we can use dollars to purchase items.  Usually we get dollars back, but the vegetable man gave me guilders.  So now I have a G1.75.

When I got home, I was hot!  So I made a big pitcher of ice tea and enjoyed several glasses as I sat in front of a fan with my feet up and read a book.  After I cooled off a bit, I started supper so it would be ready after our swim.

It was a lovely evening for a swim again, as it has been for every evening so far.  The beautiful silver sliver of moon and the bright stars (too bad I can’t see them without my contacts. I can see the moon and I am thankful for that!). We saw the sun slip into the ocean and it was gone.