transportation and the bat saga part 2

Hey everyone, so today was our first trip to the market by ourselves. Fortunately for us a brother and sister took us down the road further towards the market so we didnt have to take the minibus all the way down. So we went to a store named Spreadys. It is probably the most american place in this area. It looks exactly like a grocery store, excpet they make you leave your bag at the front. We werent aware of this at first so when the guy told us to leave our stuff there we started digging out our money and other valuables and shoving them in our pockets. I am sure the man thought we were nuts but when he keeps saying it safe it sfe leave with me and he walks away i think our actions were justified. So we enjoyed the nice cool store and walked around. We bought pretty much all the american food we could find, its hard to cook the guyanese food without someone guyanese here. So oreos it was:)

So about the going back and forth places. We dont have a car so we like so many here take the minibus. That is an experience in itself, you get on and they dont ask you where you are going. Partly because they cant hear you over the blaring music and screaming people and partly because they dont care. So you get on and cram in with about 14 other people all sitting on top of each other, this bus is about the size of a minivan. So you are driving along and the driver is going about 90 miles an hour. That is no joke. So when you want to get off you have to yell over the people in front of you to the guy who is working the door and collecting money and he tells the driver. So the driver slams on his brakes and everyone and everything goes hurtling forward. In addition to this its important to note that animals roam free here so there are donkeys and pigs running in the road in front of the vehicles, so when that happens we tend to honk the horn loudly and swerve to avoid the animals. Its funny they dont really do that for the people in the road though....
The bat hasnt left yet. He is not coming as often as before but when he does he likes to leave with a bang. I dont believe that bats cant see because everytime he comes in he flies right at one of our heads and i think he does it on purpose because he thinks we invaded his territory. This afternoon when we came home from the market we walked in and didnt see him so we thought we were in the clear and just when we got comfortable there he goes making noise as he flies out the holes in the roof. The good thing is that we arent screaming and running up the stairs when we see him anymore, so improvement has been made. We still do the whole stomping around and banging on the walls thing when we go down the stairs. Its just a warning for him to leave and noone has to get hurt.
Yesterday we went in service with a group from new ansterdam. It was chris, renee, karen, jonathan,and anna. They did one last final walk through with us and handed over the territory to us. We are the proud new owners of 25 bible studies:) It is truly a pioneers dream. We dont have to get them ourselves and they are already started and wanting to continue. What more could we ask for? Ok well i have to go so Dani can have some computer time now. I love you all and will try to update more often:)