I can’t believe I have already spent a full day here in Zambia. Life is pretty stinkin great here. After about 21 hours spent in airplanes, we finally arrived in the beautiful capital city of Lusaka. We are currently staying in a guest house connected with the World Hope International organization. It is so nice and luxurious…helping transition us a little easier from the American lifestyle into the simple, yet wonderful, Zambian culture. The people here are great and the weather has been wonderful so far. We will be staying here in Lusaka until probably Tuesday. The plan right now is to leave on Tuesday at some point to travel to Chikankata, a remote village a little ways out. We will stay there until Saturday. While we are there, we are going to be getting our feet wet in the Zambian health care system by working in one of the hospitals there. During this time we are spending in Lusaka, we are taking time as a team to rest up, get rid of the jetlag we are all feeling and orientating ourselves to Zambia. Today we were able to go to the mall here and enjoy a really yummy Indian restaurant and I was able to stop at a local grocery store and pick up my absolute favorite chocolate in the world – Cadburry. I had this when I went to Mozambique about 3 years ago and wow is it just as great as I remembered. So overall, its been a great few days so far!
A verse I read this morning that was so fitting was from Isaiah 41: 9-10. “You whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen youand not cast you off,’: fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Here are a few pictures!
My life in 1, 50lb bag
My room that I am sharing with my good friend Emily
Emily and I while we are loving the African landscape outside out housing building!
Our living quarters for the next few days in Lusaka.
so glad you got there safely. I hope you're doing well and getting over jetlag quickly. I'll be praying for you! Thanks for the update!
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