Update Aug 25

Our second team left on Thursday and we are now only 5 in our house.  Seems kind of empty.  In August we have had 26 people who have blessed us with their presence.

 

The first team from Maryland had a 3 day Vacation bible School at the local Community School.  On the second day there were about 300 children in attendance.  They painted one of the classrooms of the school, made friends and played games and spent several hours with children at the Araloosa Village.  These are very poor children who were delighted to have a soccer ball.  Dan lead morning devotions of our workers for 1 week, Drew worked on a "gant chart" for the construction, Henry worked on the books, and we all had wonderful discussions of what it means to be a Voluntourist here.  The teenagers of the team were a great blessing as they reached out to children and youth here.

 

The second team came from Wisconsin, Calvary Bible Church.  The painted 2 classrooms at the Community School, did an all day outreach at a church in Liteta with about 80+ children, did an outreach at a church in Lusaka and about 60+ children came, did landscaping at our village, and also played with children at Araloosa village.

 

In between, and while those teams were there, we had Tom DeWitt from Oregon and Robert Garrett from Maryland who taught welding to our workers as well as working on our car.  Patrick Meyers came for a few days from Children of Zion Village in Namibia.  Christopher, our son, was here for 2 weeks.  Aaron Squadroni, our nephew from Minnesota, has been here for 5 weeks and has one week to go.  He has worked on site planning, construction planning, and organized a volleyball team in Nyirenda Village.  Finally, Travis Hurley a pastor from Maryland is here for one week.

 

At our Village we expect to receive our first children at the end of this week.  Miriam has moved in as the head housemother.  We also have hired another housemother who should arrive shortly.  I anticipate that we will be receiving 6 boys to start. 

 

The market is doing well and usually sells out of whatever produce we have.  It is fun to see Benedict negotiating with folks as he buys cabbages, and large bags of onions, potatoes, oranges, and more. 

 

Our rabbits are cute little things, much bigger than the pets we have in the states.  I guess that means there is more meat when it comes time to eat them!

 

This week is a transition week for us.  This is Sena's last week before starting school and we will be getting use to fewer people in the house.

 

It is starting to get warmer here, but still the weather is wonderful.  We are thankful for all those who have visited this month, and everyone who is interested in what is going on here in Zambia!