8:00 am we were all ready to go and low and behold bus problems. A delay of 1 hour. Finally on the road, our first stop was at the Dag Hammarskjold Memorial. To those of you who do not know he was instrumental with the United Nations in trying to establish peace. This memorial site marks the location of the tragic 1961 plane crash that mysteriously claimed his life.
The next stop of our whirl wind tour of the Copperbelt was to Dru's house in Kafakumba for a bathroom break. In case we have not mentioned, Dru is an American missionary/Eleanor's friend who was our contact for this trip. It was great to see her house.
The touring continued to Chamboli for lunch with Christopher and his family (Eleanor will be sharing Christopher's story later, but the lunch was an unforgettable experience).
Back to Kitwe to vist the Providence Guest House which is run by the United Church of Zambia and received partial funding from the United Church of Canada. The income from the guest house allows them to fund their program, combatting gender based violence in Zambia.
Now half of us split and went to the school to paint the playground equipment, and the others to Mindolo Ecumenical Centre. This is where Ray and Eleanor lived and worked from 1967 to 1975. Eleanor enjoyed revisiting old memories of their time there.
Back to the ranch for the evening and we all somehow forgot about the scheduled power outage on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. The power goes out for conservation purposes for about 2 hours. The brothers very generously lent us their electric lanterns so we could see our supper.
While the others were watching football, and blogging, the very young ones in the group(Cody, Meagan, Rachel, and Diane) had a great party.
July 11 2010
Sunday was a day of worship, work and rest.
Some of the group attended 7:00am mass here on site. The others went to the 8:30am service at the United Church of Zambia and 2 of us did a double header. Guess Who??? The service was very lively, with an amazing choir, and a great experience overall. During the service 4 others were finishing the painting at Lifesong.
After churches we visited the home of John (the director of Lifesong), had a nice lunch at a very posh Shamabinga Guest House, and relaxed for the rest of the afternoon.
It is now 8:30pm and we are going to watch the world cup finals. So that is it.
Posted by Diane, Rachel, and Sarah
The next stop of our whirl wind tour of the Copperbelt was to Dru's house in Kafakumba for a bathroom break. In case we have not mentioned, Dru is an American missionary/Eleanor's friend who was our contact for this trip. It was great to see her house.
The touring continued to Chamboli for lunch with Christopher and his family (Eleanor will be sharing Christopher's story later, but the lunch was an unforgettable experience).
Back to Kitwe to vist the Providence Guest House which is run by the United Church of Zambia and received partial funding from the United Church of Canada. The income from the guest house allows them to fund their program, combatting gender based violence in Zambia.
Now half of us split and went to the school to paint the playground equipment, and the others to Mindolo Ecumenical Centre. This is where Ray and Eleanor lived and worked from 1967 to 1975. Eleanor enjoyed revisiting old memories of their time there.
Back to the ranch for the evening and we all somehow forgot about the scheduled power outage on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. The power goes out for conservation purposes for about 2 hours. The brothers very generously lent us their electric lanterns so we could see our supper.
While the others were watching football, and blogging, the very young ones in the group(Cody, Meagan, Rachel, and Diane) had a great party.
July 11 2010
Sunday was a day of worship, work and rest.
Some of the group attended 7:00am mass here on site. The others went to the 8:30am service at the United Church of Zambia and 2 of us did a double header. Guess Who??? The service was very lively, with an amazing choir, and a great experience overall. During the service 4 others were finishing the painting at Lifesong.
After churches we visited the home of John (the director of Lifesong), had a nice lunch at a very posh Shamabinga Guest House, and relaxed for the rest of the afternoon.
It is now 8:30pm and we are going to watch the world cup finals. So that is it.
Posted by Diane, Rachel, and Sarah
Was Sarah one of "double header doers"? Hallelujah and praise the Lord!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely sounds like fun. Who were you all cheering for in the finals? I got a chance to watch the last half, excluding the overtime, but everyone here was listening from their laptops during dinner. I cheered for the Netherlands:(
ReplyDeleteLove lots,
Sam