This first picture is the seminary where we stayed. We (and when I say we I mean all 50-60 of us) lived in dorm rooms. We all had the distinct pleasure of sharing 2 bathrooms, containing a grand total of 4 showers and 4 toilets (only one in the guys bathroom would flush). There were a couple more potties in the lobby area, but again, it only flushed on occasion.
This is our fearless leader, Kevin. I can not say enough about what an awesome job he did. Our group had 71 people. To give you perspective, the largest group ever before ours had 35. Our group had 31 kids alone. He did a phenomenal job!!!
This is our meeting hall. We spent alot of time here. Every afternoon we would have debriefing times, talking about the things we learned while out in the different neighborhoods. This is also where we ate and on occasion watched movies
.Ahhh...home sweet home. Paige had a funny comment about our room. It was something like this, "We have moved from 2500square feet to 1600 square feet and now have been reduced to about 140 square feet. What were we thinking?" We ALL were in the dorm room. Brandon and I on the bunks, Paige and Madison on the twin beds.
Just one more shot of the living quarters. I think we had every toiletry we owned on that little dresser.
Here is a picture of Paige with her "helper". We each had a Zambian that would go out on our daily assignments with us. They were, more or less, our coaches. Most of them had helped out in the program many times. They were great.
After day 10 or 11 of living with everyone, I am ready to jam this knife into my skull and end it all. I am a people person, but this is overkill. At this point we are all ready to head to the rural part of the training.
This was our mode of transportation (aka "Diarreah Express" or "Chuck Wagon"). The ride out to the rural site was great, but coming back the mode of transportation lived up to its name.
Here is a picture of Paige with her "helper". We each had a Zambian that would go out on our daily assignments with us. They were, more or less, our coaches. Most of them had helped out in the program many times. They were great.After day 10 or 11 of living with everyone, I am ready to jam this knife into my skull and end it all. I am a people person, but this is overkill. At this point we are all ready to head to the rural part of the training.
This was our mode of transportation (aka "Diarreah Express" or "Chuck Wagon"). The ride out to the rural site was great, but coming back the mode of transportation lived up to its name.Ahhh...home sweet home, again. We have now been reduced to a canvas room. Really, the camping was a lot of fun. Everyone was thankful to have some space. We were spread out over 5 acres. After living in Dar for 4 months, when the temps dropped into the 50's it was chilly!!
I thought you might like to get a look at our complex water heater. Put the kettle on the fire and in an hour or so you had hot water. Needless to say I only showered a couple of times.
My favorite daughter stoking the water heater.
My favorite son "helping" make the hot water heater hotter.
This is one of my favorite pics. Zambia really is a beautiful place. If I could have only gotten a pic of the night sky...UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Now this is living!!! This is the room where ALL of us stayed while living with the family at the village. We had just enough room for 4 twin mattresses and 2 mosquito nets. You could not walk in the room when everything was in there. Nothing like "bonding" with the family.
This was the little church we attended while living with the family in the village. I think there were around 200 people there.
This is a pic of the outside of the house we stayed in. This was a family with 7 kids.
This is the kitchen. It was a small hut outside of the main house. It would smoke you out!!
This is our family. They were great. They worried we would not get enough to eat so they would give us breakfast, lunch, early dinner and a late dinner. They took great care of us.
Now we are back in Lusaka at a place called Ibis Gardens. After being in the bush for 2 weeks this was a welcome reprieve.
Brandon...in the 70 degree water. I don't know how he stands it.
Madison also enjoyed the frigid water.
Now we are back on our way to Dar via Nairobi. This is a pic of Kilimanjaro. We are back in Dar now. It actually is beginning to feel a little like home. We had a great surprise waiting on us...our crates!!! We have been able to unpack and see some things from home. We have only been back for barely 2 weeks and the kids have devoured both boxes of Poptarts from Sams. You would think they have not eaten in 6 months. It was especially nice to put together our bed and sleep on our own mattress. For those of you who have been praying for us -THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! We would not have made it these last several months without it. We will be heading to Nairobi on Sunday for meetings all next week and then on June 20 head to language school for 4 months. Please drop an email or comment. We love hearing from people. Talk to ya'll soon.
I thought you might like to get a look at our complex water heater. Put the kettle on the fire and in an hour or so you had hot water. Needless to say I only showered a couple of times.
My favorite daughter stoking the water heater.My favorite son "helping" make the hot water heater hotter.
This is one of my favorite pics. Zambia really is a beautiful place. If I could have only gotten a pic of the night sky...UNBELIEVABLE!!!Now this is living!!! This is the room where ALL of us stayed while living with the family at the village. We had just enough room for 4 twin mattresses and 2 mosquito nets. You could not walk in the room when everything was in there. Nothing like "bonding" with the family.This was the little church we attended while living with the family in the village. I think there were around 200 people there.
This is a pic of the outside of the house we stayed in. This was a family with 7 kids.This is the kitchen. It was a small hut outside of the main house. It would smoke you out!!This is our family. They were great. They worried we would not get enough to eat so they would give us breakfast, lunch, early dinner and a late dinner. They took great care of us.Now we are back in Lusaka at a place called Ibis Gardens. After being in the bush for 2 weeks this was a welcome reprieve.Brandon...in the 70 degree water. I don't know how he stands it.Madison also enjoyed the frigid water.Now we are back on our way to Dar via Nairobi. This is a pic of Kilimanjaro. We are back in Dar now. It actually is beginning to feel a little like home. We had a great surprise waiting on us...our crates!!! We have been able to unpack and see some things from home. We have only been back for barely 2 weeks and the kids have devoured both boxes of Poptarts from Sams. You would think they have not eaten in 6 months. It was especially nice to put together our bed and sleep on our own mattress. For those of you who have been praying for us -THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! We would not have made it these last several months without it. We will be heading to Nairobi on Sunday for meetings all next week and then on June 20 head to language school for 4 months. Please drop an email or comment. We love hearing from people. Talk to ya'll soon.
