Through the streets of Luanda

We video taped our way to church, we leave at about 8:15 and get there close to 9:00.
This video is not for those that get motion sick! I tried my best but the roads can be very bumpy. Keep you eye peeled for when you see chicken's cross the road that is the street our church is on.
Also, it is illegal to video any military or police so if I drop the camera suddenly it's because of a police passing by. I tried to be very discrete because I found out that some Angolans believe that you take part of their soul when they are photographed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwk4N5vmE6M

Mussulo Beach

Today was a National Holiday so John had the day off of work. We took a boat over to the peninsula that we see from our house.












We sat on some chairs on the beach and enjoyed watching these adorable kids play on this boat.













Then one of them noticed us and went and got the beads that he was supposed to be selling!
















And boom! out of no where came a whole flock of them! So cute, needless to say we
couldn't resist their amazing salesmenship ability. We bought some lovely necklaces.
They also sold sea shells and coconuts.

Home Sweet Home

I have had some request to see our house so here are a few pics. The kitchen came with all the plates, cups, utensils and even a deep fryer! I brought my UK bread maker that I use with an adapter. I also brought my UK crockpot.

All the furniture is provided for us. Even the beige and leopard print pillows, anything red or cute we brought.

The tile floor is so hard and cold that I wear shoes most of the time. There are rugs in most rooms but not the nice and soft kind.

The bedrooms

Jay and Will share the converted one car garage. Jay has the top bunk and netting keeps falling down but he likes it since he hates bugs.

Jana has her own room for the first time and is loving it.

Gwen and Maren share this room Gwen loves being on the top bunk.

The Master bedroom. Someone asked if we actually use our mosquito netting and the answer is yes indeed.

You paid how much?!

I went shopping today and I thought I would just share with you how much things cost here. I got the idea from Grump's blog of when he was in Nigeria. He knows our sticker shock!

I bought the fruit from the "Amiga Ladies" off the side of the road. They are very friendly and helpful. For 10 apples, 10 oranges, 10 tomatoes and a pineapple for a grand total of $30 or 2200 kwanzas. The oranges, pineapple and apples came from Namibia.

I like to go to a warehouse that carries the shelf milk from Holland I also picked up garbonzo beans mushrooms and some cookies like oreos and eggs for a whoping total of $141.27. I figured out the price of milk per gallon and it comes to about $12! I like the warehouse because they take american dollars but they give the change in Kwanzas and they give no coins because they have no coins so they just round to the nearest dollar. Just bills and the biggest bill is 2000 Kwanzas and the smallest is 5 so you end up carrying so much money around.

This is for you Mom, you asked what I do with my produce. I fill the sink with water and add 2 teaspoons of bleach.

Then I put plates on them so they are fully submerged and leave them there for 30 minutes. Sometimes I forget to get them out and they stay in for longer. With everything that can be peeled I wipe down with the bleach.