Village People
We left Lusaka and travelled 7 hours by bus to a village outside the town of Petauke. We spent the remainder of the afternoon getting settled in to our home for the next 12 days. Our family slept in the big tent and used the smaller tent for our luggage, bathing the girls, and quiet times. (You can enlarge the pictures by clicking on them)
While at bush camp we had no electricity or running water. Because of that we had to get our water from a nearby well and heat it over a fire for our showers/baths. Here is a pic of Makayla helping me get water for our family.
The structures of the day were much the same as they were in Lusaka with a daily DFA and afternoon processing time and teaching. For the next 12 days we were paired with our spouse as we went did our DFA's. Another difference was instead of riding on a bus we jumped in the back of a big truck and rode about 15 minutes to the town of Petauke.
After a few days in the town we went out into smaller villages to do our DFA's. When we were out in the villages it required a lot of walking!
But we had a great time gleaning insights from Zambians about life in Africa. Here are a few pictures to give you an idea of what the village looked like.
These are two ladies we got to chat with about life in Africa. They had just returned from working in the fields.
Here is a picture of Heather and I with our translator, Kenneth.
It was a very informative time on how to live and minister in villages. (Though we hope to have running water where we live!) A little more about the ministry side of things in the village will be in the next blog post: Main Thing Things...
While at bush camp we had no electricity or running water. Because of that we had to get our water from a nearby well and heat it over a fire for our showers/baths. Here is a pic of Makayla helping me get water for our family.
The structures of the day were much the same as they were in Lusaka with a daily DFA and afternoon processing time and teaching. For the next 12 days we were paired with our spouse as we went did our DFA's. Another difference was instead of riding on a bus we jumped in the back of a big truck and rode about 15 minutes to the town of Petauke.
After a few days in the town we went out into smaller villages to do our DFA's. When we were out in the villages it required a lot of walking!
But we had a great time gleaning insights from Zambians about life in Africa. Here are a few pictures to give you an idea of what the village looked like.
These are two ladies we got to chat with about life in Africa. They had just returned from working in the fields.
Here is a picture of Heather and I with our translator, Kenneth.
While Heather and I were out learning about life in Africa, the kids were having a blast at school. Their teachers were great with them and the kids loved getting to know and play with other missionary kids. In addition to schoolwork, they got to go to places like a taxidermy, crocodile farm, visit an African's home and learn how to bargain at the market. Here are just a few pics from their time in school.
It was a very informative time on how to live and minister in villages. (Though we hope to have running water where we live!) A little more about the ministry side of things in the village will be in the next blog post: Main Thing Things...
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