Shopping Galore!

Today was our fun day…a day to relax after several grueling days of performing in schools and doing street evangelism. We began by going the Bargain Market located adjacent some railroad tracks. It was similar to a flee market with multiple little shops consisting of approx 6 X 6 foot squares with the merchandize laid out on tarps and the merchants sitting on the ground. Most were under tents but many were not. All the merchandize was hand crafted. Some of the merchants were making their goods on the spot. Several had a small child (most about one year old) with them. All the children were amazingly well behaved.



Next we went to the African Village which was more upscale. These shops were all indoors but tightly packed. The prices were about 50 to 75 percent higher than the first market. After spending a couple of hours there we went to a nice restaurant called “Good African Coffee”, ate lunch, and just “chilled’ for a while. After that went to a really upscale store called the Banana Boat. It was very expensive but had some really nice stuff. By popular demand, we then went back to where we started at the Bargain Market for a couple more hours of shopping. Some of our team (the veterans) really knew how to shop and loaded up on bargains. The Girls out performed the guys with Katrina and Crystal topping the list followed closely behind by Beth. Stephen and Ryan were the top shoppers among the guys. By the end the day most of the team had “shopped until they dropped”.