Lubango Visit

                                                Oliver enjoying swing at our base in Benguela.

The road to Lubango.

    These trees are called Baobab, very common, so are the stick Huts you see to the right. I was amazed at the presence of people all along the road. It seemed no matter how desolate they road, if we stopped we had a crowd of folks gathered around.

 This man was blind before our simple cataract surgery restored his sight, he is pointing with joy at his family members. He has just had the patch removed from his eye the day after his surgery. His wife was praising the Lord and singing with joy.

 O Cristo Rei statue depicts Jesus spreading his hands overlooking the city of Lubango.

 This view depicts the beauty and pain of Angola. This beautiful mountain overlook was used as an execution tool during the civil war. Rival soldiers would bring prisoners to the top of the overlook and tell them to run or be shot. People say you can still see human remains at the bottom of the cliff.

Serra da Leba, Lubango. Angola

The man on the left is Dr Jose Afonso de Moraes, he has been at Boa Vista for 10 years. He will be leaving for Brazil in January, I am his replacement. The man on the right is Dr Steve Collins. He is 74 yrs old and still going strong performing cataract surgeries in the Angolan Bush. He was here during the war and has not left. He gave up his Canadien citizenship and owns a house in Lubango, he plans to remain here the rest of his life.

We made a home visit to one of the pastors of a local church in Lubango. This tight, twisting, maze-like alley led to his humble home. It was a mud, block hut with a tin roof.