| Sunday, June 25, 2006 |
| youth camp |
The youth camp ended last night. Basically, the youth from churches all around this area of Zambia come from Thursday - Saturday for games, singing, and preaching. They sleep in a big huge tent and in the church, and basically hang out. Last year there were a lot more kids; someone estimated maybe 500 this year. So I didn't really get to help much, because I was at the clinic every day, but I got to play some games on Saturday with the kids.
I was part of the tug-of-war game ... the team members from the US were on one team and the Zambians were on another - and the Zambians won. It was fun, especially since I was on the Zambian team. ;o) hehe. Then we played some other games and launched water balloons, which was very entertaining.
I made friends with a guy named William who has an absolutely amazing voice; he's going to Kitwe next week to record an album! So here is a picture of us together today. He's a real sweetheart.
So many of these kids just want to be loved. They all give us their addresses because they love getting mail from Americans. Someone told me that when they get a letter from someone in the States, they carry it around with them for weeks. They show it to everyone - they're so proud that they have a friend in America. It is amazing how just one letter can make them feel so special. So I have a bunch of addresses, and hopefully I can remember to write to all of them.
This morning Mike, Tracy, Chris, Anderson, and I went to a church down the road. It was nice, although many members of the church weren't there because they were at a funeral. They fed us lunch afterwards, and it was fun to watch Chris, Tracy, and Mike eat nshima for the first time. They didn't believe me that it was good until after they tried it! :o)
Oh by the way - this is for my dad, since he asked - I haven't seen any babies delivered at the clinic yet. There was a girl who was due last Friday, but she must have had the baby at home because she didn't come in. |
posted by emily @ 11:26 AM  |
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tug-of-war?, water balloons? games?...... i think you're having way too much fun! now stop playing all the time and get to work and find us some babies!!! hee hee!
xxxooo,
aunt-t rex
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What, exactly is nshima? I looked through your previous posts and found another reference to it, but you don't exactly say what it is? Or do we NOT want to know???
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(I thought you didn't like nshima...)
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tug-of-war?, water balloons? games?...... i think you're having way too much fun! now stop playing all the time and get to work and find us some babies!!! hee hee!
xxxooo,
aunt-t rex