So, finally, here is a picture of the family I live with... Missy, Kathleen, Anja, and Charlie the Chameleon.
And here is a picture of me doing what I love doing... cooking nshima with my Zambian friends. Main rule of cooking here is you put tomato and onion in everything - so what I'm cooking is quite typical for any relish. I've been eating lots of dried fish, massive plate-sized mushrooms, cassava, beans, roots and all kinds of leaves.
I’ve just had a really great weekend with my friend Musole
(who recently graduated from Mukinge girls school) and her family who stay in Kasempa. It was awesome living with them
for a couple of days, travelling around this area of the country, meeting new people, and practicing my language. I felt so welcomed, and it was just so nice!
A couple of new things in the past week have been singing a German song with the praise team in sunday chapel (thanks to my swiss friends!), and beginning to help a church friend with learning music... like many Zambians he's so gifted with playing piano by ear but he wants to learn to read & play that way too.
^ I finally managed to capture one of these sights! The victim displaying it's dissatisfaction with the mode of travelby continually bucking its head and arching its back. Funny the things you see. I am just amazed at what they put on the back of bikes, and how much they load them. It's amazing, no wonder the Zambian people are strong!
This world is a fascinating place, and again and again I'm fascinated at our awesome Creator God.
I have 4 days left with the precious children at school- it's now reality that things are coming to a close... and I just pray that in some way I have touched these kids' lives and in some way been an encouragement to those around me at the school.
Psalm 86:11 - Teach me your way, Lord
that I may rely on your faithfulness
Give me an undivided heart
that I may fear your name
This is my prayer at the moment.
Also, God loves us with an unfailing love. Be blessed :)
So good that you could have the experience of living with a local family for a little while!
ReplyDeleteGreat cooking - looks to me as if it might be where the trangia people got their ideas. What fuel does it use?
Have you been getting around on the back of a bike too?
Amen - God is awesome in His goodness to us.
Love from Dad
Hi gorgeous!! sounds like things are going good, well i hope :) wish it was easier for us to talk but oh well, when i get home we will sort something out!
ReplyDeleteso glad you enjoy cooking w zambian friends. i had lots of tasty Indo food when with compassion but i have been too sick lately and eating as much western food as possible to try to get a bit well!
love that verse. it was one i specially printed and put on my wall in Alice Springs :) xoxo
Another great post - thanks Ruth! Reminds me of the bikes in Cairo and they had to share a road with cars - I think I'd prefer to be Zambian! Rode to the library with Joel and Zeke at their insistence even though I had said we also needed to buy a watermelon. Joel gallantly stuck to his word when we could only get a big one and brought it home in his backpack. We also had bananas, eggs, ice-creams, 11 books and 2 DVDs and a few other things which seemed impressive at the time - BUT not now!! Love & prayers, Mum
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