Yesterday

We went to Moombwet (spelling are you kidding, I barely know how to say it!) yesterday. It is THE market place in Libreville. To quote Meredith - "If it isn't here, it isn't in Gabon". A dirt road with sidewalks on either side and shop after shop after shop... you get the picture. We don't take any purses and put all our money in our front pockets. We also don't take cameras or else I would have taken a picture. Although they are not supposed to have people selling their wares in the middle of the road they still do. Fruits, flip flops, fabrics... I bought some fabric to use for a skirt, a drying rack, and a coconut. We noticed that at the entrance of the fabric store there were fabrics hanging on either side with paper taped to them that said something along the lines of marriage, graduation, etc. We guessed it was their gift registry.

(me, Jessica, and Meredith at the beach)

Jessica is a college graduate who has been in Gabon since August of last year, most of that time has been down at Bongolo. She is leaving this Thursday night so she flew up Monday to catch her plane here in Libreville. Mama Jeanine had us over for a farewell dinner for her. It was fabulous as usual. On the way home we caught a turn too early and the bus got stuck (note that the back driver's side wheel is not on the ground!), but we pushed it from the front and were back on the road in a few minutes. Tim said that in all his time in Gabon (he grew up here) he's never been stuck - he thought it was funny that he got stuck in the city of Libreville as opposed to some remote village!