Our Group Grows

Three workers from Abilene arrived today from Livingstone. They will be here for the next seven weeks. They really are the first arrivals for the 2011 Zambian Medical Mission. People will now be arriving continually until we leave the end of June. Ellie Hamby arrives next week, and then the activity will really begin. She is the most respected woman in all of Southern Zambia and certainly a force to reckon with. She is also one of the most amazing people I have ever met and she entertains us with stories most evenings.

Regular day at the Havens today. The kiddos were a little more restless but I think we are getting their number. Walking home afterwards, one of Ian's Zambian friends, David, took us around by the lake. There were signs of many animals (none of the big 5) and birds. It was a little longer but a great walk none-the-less.

Webster, one of the watchmen, is teaching most of the students to sing Zambian songs. They have been practicing on the veranda the last several nights and it sounds great. Tonight we have had sporadic power, but they have sang right through. One time, I even went out to see if they needed lights and they just kept singing. One is truly becoming "Zambian" if you just keep going whether you have power or not.