Zambia!!

Hey everyone!! ...... this is Jordan

Greetings from Zambia!!! After saying goodbye to about 35 new "family" members, we got in the car with the Moyers and had a fun ride with them from Mumba, Tanzania, to Kabwe, Zambia. Okay, so the "fun ride" is a little exagerated, but we did have a great time getting to know the Moyers and other missionaries!!! We stayed at a lakeside resort with them for a full day which was so fun. We learned how to snorkel and went canoeing/kayaking!! Beautiful scenery and a very pleasant place. There were people fishing at night using nets and old fishing boats, which reminded me of what the boats must of been like in Bible times. Corbin and I were getting ready for bed when a car drove past the window and honked it's horn. I looked over at Corbin and exclaimed, "A car!!! It went right past our window!!!!" It is very different being here in the city, to see Mzungus (white people), cars, signs in English, to walk into a store is amazing.....and just a little shocking. Reverse culture shock is surprisingly more obvious to me, then culture shock was.

It is so exciting to be with our Aunt, Uncle, and 5 cousins. We are having a excellent time with them. We have 5 requirements while here. 1. Teach Pastors 2. be Aunt Stephanie's teaching assistants 3. set up a chicken coop 4. love on the kids 5. visit the orphanage.

Teaching pastors is going to start this Monday. This is my second day of teaching Braydon and Julia their school. Corbin is working on the chicken coop and as I talk, he is explaining his drawing to a carpenter. Loving on the kids......well.......that is just really easy to do!!!! We visited the orphanage for the first time yesterday. It was our second orphanage that we have gone to.

This one is a lot bigger then the one we went to in Mumba. It is a mix between joy and sadness when we go there. It is so fun to pick up the kids and know that we made a part of their day, but to put them back in their cribs and hear them scream, is so heartbreaking. The workers try to hold and love, but there are so many, it really makes it impossible to give them the time they need...everything is done on a time schedule. We will be going there every Thursday.


Kwa heri -for now! (Good bye for now)