So we are back in Zambia! After about 40 hours of travel, including flying around in circles for an hour waiting for a storm to move past the Livingstone runway, we made it safely to Zambia. Another hour taxi ride through the beaten up road from rainy season and we made it to a river that had grown over the road. It has rained so much since we left! At this point the taxi had to make us walk with our four suitcases, one carry-on, and a backpack because the taxi couldn't make it through the stream. We removed our shoes and ferried our suitcases across the river with the help of two boys who we had never met before. Dan and Regina picked us up with a vehicle on the other side shortly after and we finished our journey to our home in Singanga village.
We have a new house now! Instead of living above the team kitchen in a loft, we now have our own house. Wahoo! We will post pictures later with a description of the house. But it is so nice to have our own place to call home and be able to use a flush toilet :)
Things have seemed to change rapidly here. It is amazing how you can experience some culture shock after being gone less than two weeks. Things have progressed on the base, new kids faces have appeared, and surprisingly, the world doesn't stop when we go away!
Monday evening we had a wonderful surprise. Angelina, who works at Tobacco Farm, stopped by. We meet with her and some women every week as one of our church planting groups. She knocked off work (clocked out) and then walked 45 minutes in her work clothes to come and visit us because she learned that we were back. We talked until it was almost dark and then we sent her home with our flashlight. It was so good to spend time with her and know that we have friends here!
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