Popcorn, Movies, and Finished Church

Once again I just want to thank everyone for your encouragement! Some days are pretty hard, and I miss home, BUT your encouraging words keep me going. Today was a very mellow day. I taught the boys a little bit of english, and then helped with lunch. The lunch and dinner situation has been somewhat stressful. There are so many people to feed, and we have no idea what they like to eat. We have gone to the store many times, and they do not have the same brands- at all! We tried to find cream cheese so I could make fruit pizza, and nope no cream cheese- just cream cheese that had a sausage flavor. I think that would be nasty on a sugar cookie with fruit. We are trying to think of things to make- if you have any suggestions PLEASEEE let me know:) They eat a lot of nsima with this soup stuff (tomato/onion mixture).

Today they finished the church, it was amazing watching the process! The ladders they used were handmade...well everything was handmade. They made 17 benches (actually using an act to cut the wood and make it thin). These guys really know how to work hard!

Today Wes went to the "Bush" to slaughter a cow for this weekend. Well I decided to stay at home, because I would have barfed, but they decided to bring the cow back with them (two hours of driving) for the revival this weekend. The brought out a black bag and pulled out the parts of the cow and put them in the kitchen. Well we were in the middle of cooking lunch and some of the cow juices got in the noodles and meat we made- So I decided to not eat lunch... None of the Americans ate- we just waited around until 5:00 p.m. to eat supper. I know that sounds bratty, but you had to have been there. It was disgusting, the tongue was HUGE. I went in there and gagged and became not hungry for hours. If you want to lose weight just see a nasty cow. Then I went outside to see where the little boys were and they were playing with the intestines and guts- I yelled, "Collins! Go wash your hands with soap, don't touch your face, and go change." Haha I can't help being a Mom sometimes, and maybe that is what they do for fun, but I had to say something. Oh man.

The past few nights we have watched movies on the projector in the living room- it is fun. We alwayssss have popcorn, they fix it every night. We also turned on some music and they were all dancing it was so fun...I taped a little bit of it, I will post it at some point. I have many pictures to post, but it takes a very long time to update them, so unless Alisha does it, you will not see pictures until I get back to the states- sorry!

A few people have asked about ways to help the schools here... this is the address of the school that I visited Mumana Basics School: P.O. Box 310050 Lusaka, Zambia. You must put it in the attention of : Headmaster- Kampwita Henry 1. A few people have asked if they could send money...I do not think that is a good idea, because they might use the money for other things- the best thing would be to send materials by mail (yes, it is expensive). I hope to have a book drive/ fundraiser next school year...If you would like to donate anything just contact me. Duane also mentioned that he could use some more children's books or bible books for his office. Many people use his office, and especially if he leaves Zambia, they will still have the resources. Let me know if you want to help with that, they appreciate anything you give! With the pen pal activity, a few people have said that they want to send letters too- Just let me know. I have a lot on my hands, I know, but I hate seeing resources in America not be used when they would love to have them!

I will have some interesting stories from this weekend- I know it! Love!