CAMPFIRE

 

Brendan Moore, from MD, visited Zambia last summer.  One highlight was the nightly fire that the guard built on the farm where he and his family was staying.  So this year when he returned, one of his goals was to build a fire pit in our Village of Hope where we could have evening campfires with the children.  He and Jordan Snyder spent several days clearing a spot, digging down for the pit, and lining the walls with discarded blocks. 

 

Our first campfire was Friday night.  Each of the children's houses brought a bench to sit on.  The adults were sitting in chairs around the fire, usually with a child in their lap.  We had great fun singing, laughing, sharing things we were thankful for, and enjoying being together. 

 

The marshmallows we had gotten weren't so good for roasting, so we just gave everyone an unroasted marshmallow and a couple of crackers.  This weekend we will have another campfire before this team returns to MD.  But every time we gather around the campfire we will be reminded of Brendan and Jordan and the team that gave us this gift.