Out of Africa!!

After many months of trying to make this business a success we have come to the end of our road (or shall we say Kwacha) and will be returning to America.



We are definitely very thankful for our time in Africa. I have learned so much about the Zambian culture, Africa in general, the life of a missionary as well as had the opportunity to make friends from India, Korea, Belgium, France, Nicaragua, Georgia, Texas and South Carolina. What a blessing to see God's creation all over this World.



Thanks so much for all your prayers and support during our journey! You have blessed our lives and we were so happy to share this adventure with you through the blog!

Grease and Crazy hair

Tonight was Pop of the Tops at the kid's school and the primary classes each had a performance. Bradley's class did a Grease Medley and he got to play Danny Zuko. It was great- his teacher, Mrs. Lucas did a wonderful job including all the children in the performance. I tried to attach the video but it was too big so you will just have to see it when we get home...

Here is Chelsea's crazy hair day...the students were mesmerized as they could not understand how she got her hair to stand so straight. Mr. Gumbay called her Marge Simpson all day. It has been a fun last week of school.

Z-Con

The business side of our adventure here is getting rather tough. Zcon has just finished it's first job- which was a foundation job that took about 3 months. Our superintendent, Harold, did a great job and has quite a rapport with his work crew of just under 50 men and one women (the cook). One of the workers actually named his first child after Harold!! The crew is very happy to be working for Zcon and have said he would go anywhere Zcon sent them. It's great to have happy employees who are truly thankful for each day of employment. This job has gained us a lot of experience, but not a lot of Kwacha. We continue to pray for God's direction in leading us to the right jobs to fulfill our mission while in Zambia- to transfer our skills to the Zambian workers, pay them an above average wage, and treat them with respect.

Cool friends!!

Okay...how many friends do you have that have Zebras running around their backyards? Yeah, me neither but...Chelsea and Bradley have friends named Adele and Kelly who have 2 Zebras in their yard...which is around 26 acres. How cool is that?? They would not let us approach them but they would creep up on you, like in this picture of Bradley and Kelly.

We had lunch yesterday with Mike and Lesley-Ann Borman- Mike moved to South Africa from California then traded in a corporate lifestyle to move to Zambia and become a professional hunter and taxidermist. Lesley-Ann is Zambian born and bred- she had some great stories about how this country has changed.

Exams are over for Chelsea so she began "Spirit Week" at school today. Her class, Year 7, had to dress in all black so she wore a black tank-top with black pants- she said she felt "Goth". Tomorrow is Crazy Hair day and thanks to Erica Tebb's great "plastic cup on the head" hairdo- she is sure to win extra points for her team. The whole school is split into 3 teams all year and have little competitions every now and then to earn points. It creates camaraderie among students in different grades as they all work together to earn points. They are named after the three rivers in Zambia: Kafue, Zambezi and Luangwa.

Brad is preparing for a week of fun with a field trip to the movies, a Christmas party and his Grease presentation. He got a recorder in music class today and is sitting behind me now playing "Yankee Doodle". The Internet is amazing- Erik downloaded many songs for Brad to play on his recorder- including some Christmas carols.