We enjoyed a memorable 3 year anniversary here in Zambia, and decided to spend a night at one of the lodges near our main shopping town (aka Boma or Mkushi). We were looking forward to a nice dinner, hot shower, and a little television. Well, 2 out of 3 isn't bad...the electricity went out, but we had a nice dinner by candlelight. Thanks grandma and grandpa for the card, and thanks for all the well wishes. We loved the pic, thanks dad! The lodge is a 40 minute hike over a small mountain, it took us about an hour from where we dropped our bikes for the week. We keep our bikes stored at the Ministry of Health, they have a nice garage and 24 hour guards so that helps us out a lot when we need to leave them in town. After our night at the lodge, we went to Serenje for our Provincials meeting. The picture here is of the house we are lucky to have access to each month (after our 3 months of community entry). It has a fully equipped kitchen, beds, lots of great books, and will soon have internet. It's a nice place to go and relax and meet with the other volunteers in our province. There's 23 in Central right now, but a group is getting ready to COS (close of service) and another to be sworn in.
We want to leave a "Happy Belated Birthday" message for Jess and Denny. We hope it was a wonderful day for you both. We have heard that spring has finally sprung, and some of you all have started to enjoy the weather. It was great to hear about the fishing trip (congrats Tate!), Shelley's trip out to see Jess (awesome! send us more pics! Reddica??), memorial weekend at the lake, and the newfound way to cook a burger (we can't wait to try a smoked burger!!). We saw a Bedford fire truck today, Ryan, we will try to get a pic sometime. Well, that's all for now, hope you all are doing great, miss and love you all.
2 comments:
thanks for the letter, it was good to hear from ya!! i especially like the 4 meter torpedo drop!! sounds like you guys are starting to click there.
Happy Belated Anniversary! Isaac and I just celebrated ours as well with a quick 3-day trip up to Door County. Beautiful, restful, perfect.
Speaking of getaways...we are arriving in Kenya on Sunday night, Aug 9, around 7pm, and are wondering what you two are up to on Monday-Tuesday (Aug 10-11)?!? Julius said we might be able to get a quick flight to Zambia...although I have no idea what that would look like or what the transportation consists of, would it be ok if we visited you? A fast trip, but we'd love to see you and your village, meet your neighbors, and learn more about what you're doing! :)
So glad to hear that you're doing well!! Can't wait to hear more about your adventures across the Pond... :D Love and hugs,
Amanda & Isaac
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