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While in Harare, we stayed at a bed and breakfast called the Baubab (named after the baubab tree, even though there weren't any baubab trees on the property). I was lucky enought to get the room just off the balcony. |
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This is the view inside looking down toward the front door. |
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Here is the meeting/dining room. We also played cards at the small table by the windows. It's hard to see, but there is also a fireplace in the wall on the right side of the room. |
| This is the room that Chad and I shared at the Baubab. | ||
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| Here are a couple shots of the yard. The first shows some of the statues in the yard. The second is the pool that (as far as I know) no one used. The last is a bungalo off to the side. I didn't go in it, but I assume there are several rooms in there. | ||
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Since we were unable to do the planned street crusades in Gweru (the police denied us permission because we didn't have the proper permit), we decided to build some benches for the Gweru church. Here we have the before, just starting, final sanding, and finished product. We completed 16 benches, with materials left over for 3 or 4 more that we didn't have time to complete. Theft is a big problem in Zimbabwe. This means that until the wall around the property and the building walls are put in, nothing can be left in the building. Since everything would need to be transported around frequently, the benches had to be very portable. These are about 3 feet long and fairly light (about 15 pounds). |
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| Al and Chad worked on making some communion trays. The large center hole is for the bowl of bread. The holes being marked (first picture) and drilled are for the individual cups. | ||
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In addition to building benches and communion trays, we also repaired a few things around Dean's house. Here Paul is working on the chainsaw. |
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Dean complained that he was having problems getting the gate to close properly. Al was able to weld in some bracing to allow the gate to work properly. |
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How many preachers does it take to reprogram a gate?
The problem was that when you push the button on the gate it would open and then 15 seconds later it would close. No matter what. Dean, Rich and Walt are discussing how to change the gate to manual so once open you had to push the button again before it closed. Turns out all you have to do is hold the button for a few seconds when you first open it. So, the gate reprogramming project was completed with minimal work. Just some reading of the manual. :-) |
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These are some of the plants in the area. The first is a tree along the street that looked (to me anyway) like a poinsetta tree (although I'm pretty sure they don't grow on trees). The next two are a weird looking plant in Dean's yard (he didn't know what it is called). It looks like one of those plants you shouldn't get too close to as you run the risk of being eaten. The last picture is the top of the catus-like plant seen at the right of the third picture. | |
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| Wednesday afternoon we went "vendering." There is an area about a mile or so from Dean's house where some venders have their wares set up on the side of the street. There was stonework, metalwork, cloth and a bit of wood. And no fixed prices. Paul proved to be the haggling champion of our group. | ||
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As I mentioned above, we attended the baccalaureate service at Evangel Bible College (not to be confused with my alma mater, Evangle University in Springfield, MO). I believe the building in the second picture will be finished out as the college chaple. The school is laid out in a 'U' shape. The third picture is the inside of the U. The last picture shows (if you look real close at the piece of wood in the center) one of the resident lizards. |
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