Jesus Film and walk to the market

Last night (Friday night) we had all signed up to go out and show the Jesus film. We ate supper super quickly then headed up to our room to get bug spray on and wait for dad to get home from work. We then caught up with the rest of the people going and all 18 of us packed into 2 jeeps with all the equipment in tow. When we arrived at the church, there was benches set up and we set up the screen so it was hanging from the roof rack things on the jeep, and a projector was inside the jeep ready to go. While we were setting up, one of the people that came with us went up and down the streets with a microphone and a speaker on his shoulder, telling people about what we were doing that night. At first there was not alot of people, but by the end of the film people were standing in the street and standing with their Zimijons watching the movie. We started off by singing a whole bunch of songs with drums and cow bells making a beat that every one was dancing to! There was the cutest little boys just dancing their hearts out! We then started the movie which was the Jesus film but they had it in Fon, which is their language here. Any time it came to a miracle that Jesus did, clapping and cheering with halellujas and amens being shouted out. But when it came to the part where Jesus told the disciples to throw their nets on the other side, and when they were reeling in the net and they saw all the fish, everyone was so amazed and that miracle had the most cheering and clapping! At the end everyone got up and went to the front and they talked about accepting Jesus into their hearts, and they prayed and after their was a celebration with singing and dancing. They even got Brett and my dad up trying to dance african style! It was really funny to watch. We cleaned up the equipment and headed home. This morning Brett went with the Jacobsons to Bab's Dock again, because ever since we went two weeks ago he has been begging non-stop to go back. The rest of us, including dad, walked out and went to go find the "fabric market". Well in my opinion we got lost (sorta) and found a couple stores that had some fabric in them, because when my mom talked to the lady, the place where we went wasn't the same one she goes to.

Walking there was quite the experience.....We almost got hit by numerous motorcycles, trucks and other things on wheels, and got honked at so many times. I am pretty sure that there is constantly the sound of a car horn going. It is so different than Canada, where we only use our horn to tell people to hurry up or whatever, where as here the horn is used for what ever you want to use it for! Well my mom got some fabric and then went to a tailors and looked through a book of designs and chose one for them to make. On the way back mom and my dad went into a store and looked at some shirts for my dad. By this time Adam and I were so hot and tired from walking all that way, and we had to walk alllllllllllllllll the way back again in the heat, that we were ready to head back. On our way back we stopped at a shop and shared a banana split....YUMMMM (that was the only highlight of the trip for Adam and I). We got back and relaxed in our air conditioned cabin and Adam and I watched Incredibles while dad had a sleep and mom did who knows what. For the rest of the afternoon we read slept played games and did other random stuff. Oh, and my mom says that she did laundry............After supper we are planning to go to the movie night and then hit the hay because tomorrow we were invited to go to church with some of the day workers. So we will leave at 8am and be back at lunch or after lunch. Well I hope tomorrow is as good as today! oh yeah, and here is a picture of mom with the AWESOME vaccuum cleaner we borrowed!
Carly