Namibia

As I look at this picture of Africa and the world it is hard to believe we are really here on the African continent.

 

On Saturday, President Probst issued a new call to Windhoek, Namibia. We will leave here Wed., Feb. 9th, for Cape Town by car and then fly out the next day for Namibia. It is about a 3 hour flight. The time zone is one hour behind us so you can deduct onel hour from our normal 9 hour ahead of everyone in the mountain states time zone.

 

The Republic of Namibia gained independence from South Africa  on March 21, 1990. It's western borders are the Atlantic Ocean and it shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north and Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south.

 

Namibia is rich in agriculture, mining and tourists.  The deserts, sand dunes and game reserves draw many people to this country.

 

The country has about 2.1 million population in and has a multiparliment democracy.  English, German and Afrikaans are the three chief languages.

 

The church in Windhoek ( pronounced Vindhook) has 2 established branches. We look forward to assisting in whatever way is needed. There are 10 missionaries serving in this wonderful country.