Holiday-take 2

Yay finally blogger is working again.
So where were we? I will put the hioliday on hold as other things have been going on in Beira. we are now officially a team, of Five, Sophies friend Emma, fresh from Bible school on Austria, flew out to join us Mozzies on Tuesday and she has now moved on to the sofa of lovliness. Its shocking I am having to keep the room tidy! So this week we have been showing her the important parts of Beira, internet, post office, Riviera and of course the beach. We have also been over to Vaz a few times to introduce people, although Pastor Samuel and Leonora seem to have disappeared!
We had a really nice afternoon yesterday. Emma and I went to Vaz for our community vsiting programme and went with Miquitio, Manuel and Valentin to visit a lady who lives in the middle of nowhere at the end of the airport bus route, so to get there we were bumping over giant pot holes in a rickety old bus. It was great fun, and a really good opportunity to practice our Portuguese and their English. then on the way back into Beira afetr the others had got off Emma and I entertained everyone singing cheesy christian songs (we were trying to work out the best one to teach the kids). We have a day off today which is nice as we got a much needed lie in. The others have a day off too bcause of the rain which means they can't get into munhave so team time!
Anyway to the holiday. The day after rafting(sorry family- thought you knew about the capsize) I became official photographer while the other girls threw themselves off cliffs attatched to ropes and in two cases, elastic. Was scary enough just watching them do it. Then in the evening we went to The Boma Place of Eating, which was amazing fun. Ad you go in you are dressed in Capulanas and then given a welcome talk and some traditional drink and nibbles, before choosing a starter. Crocodile, it tastes really nice, a sort of fishy chicken. Then the other course (we had 7 over all) were buffet style, so naturally we tried everything, Warthog(absolutely gorgeous) Ostrich(nice but a bit chewy) and Mopani worms(disgusting-chewy charcoal). We alkso got face paints and at one point they handed out drums to evryone and we were led in a big old drumming sesh, it sounded amazing. It was a really great way to end our time at Victoria falls.
The next day (new years eve)it was chucking it down as we left Vic falls for Hwange national park. We were dure to go on a game drive that afternoon but they sent a truck that was only registered for seven people, so we had to postpone until the next morning, instead Sarah and I went swimming in the rain and then had an exciting shower in little reed things under the trees, it was strange lookin gup and seeing the sky. The power went off when it got dark(very useful) so we had a candlelit three course dinmner made by Jerry and then played silly games(the animal game but using books of the bible), before giving up and going to bed at eleven. But we all decided that our new years eve was the day before so weren't too disappointed.
In the morning we got up to go on the game drive., sadly it was still raining so not many animals were abut but we saw lots of giraffe and zebras, some wildebest and a few crocodiles, worth getting a bit wet for.
I am afraid we have to head off for lkunch now so antelope park, Mazviadei and the trip home will have to wait, I just love to keep you all in suspense, but God was soo good to us. Everything that went wrong he was completely in control, and as you can tell, got us safely back to Beira!
Speak soon, Rachelxxx