School happenings

^ This is Ireen, She'a a very smart, beautiful gr3 who often sits next to me in class

We were having an outdoor science lesson

 We have a whole school assembly every day and last week I was rostered to lead. We're following Jesus' ministry so throughout the week I taught them from John 3 on being born again. We also sing songs and pledge to the bible and flag of the Christian faith.

Since my last post I have
-played lots of netball/football with local kids
- had authentic nshima lunch cooked on a fire with some Zambian friends
-spent a lot of time in the sun... and got burnt
- played with the kids staying in the hospital
-watched Avatar for the first time, finally!
- experienced s'mores for the first time
( I laugh that these things happen in Africa - but we have a very multicultural missionary team here)
- visited a different church - Mukinge Local Church - for their Kikaonde service
-expanded my Kikaonde vocabulary to the point that I've had a couple of short conversations completely in the local language!
- been on a lot of morning runs
-made friends with some more nurses and locals in Kasempa
-memorized a Kikaonde song
- started going to a bible study with some of the 1st yr nurses

Yesterday I was privileged to go on the school trip with gr3-5. We travelled a couple of hrs on the back of a truck to get to Kaimbwe salt plains, where the kids got to see their science topics of filtering and dissolving in action. Along the way we climbed Kaimbwe Hill for a great view and visited both a cold spring and a hot spring. It was awesome watching the fascination on the kids' faces! Once again I was reminded of our incredible Creator-- this world is so beautiful and amazing! On the way home the kids laughed at me as I tried to plait one of the girl's hair. It's so hard, with the course texture!

I shouldn't be up at midnight, but tomorrow is a full day as I have Kikaonde then a visit to a village family, and I also happen to be leading the missionary prayer meeting tomorrow night... and so far no inspiration has come to my head!

It's crazy that it's November. I'm more than half way to coming home!