Father's Day at NDO

Father's Day Card from NDO Children

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Father's Day Card (cont'd)

Father's Day Card (Cont'd)

Nshima and Beans after Kid's Club under the Sausage Tree
               Maribeth had the foresight to send a Father’s day gift and card with me in my suitcase.  I want to thank you Maribeth for Season 1 of Duck Dynasty.  The children at NDO had a skit and gifts for the NDO fathers and me.   We received had made cards with drawings from all of the children, and they sang to us. They marched around each of us singing the song Father Abraham, but substitute Papa Ninas (or whomever) and “many children” for “many sons.”
               It is a very windy day here in Zambia.  We had a very large dust devil pass through the NDO campus earlier.  It was bigger than the new water tower and about the same height.   We can see the school, kitchen and dining hall from our hut.  When the dust devil passed through the campus, nothing was visible for 2-3 minutes.
               Blu taught Sunday school this morning!  I am always learning something from mwenzuma Blu (my friend Blu).  The words for will of God in Tonga are “luyanda ba leza.”   Anybody want to guess what the Tonga words for love of God are?   The Tonga words for love of God are “luyanda ba leza.”   I will let you meditate on that for a while.  Twalumba mwenzuma Blu!!!
               Not much going on here at NDO on Sunday.  Ladies Bible study at 1500 hours.   I am going to read Matched by Ally Condie.  I have the second book of the series Crossed.  I need to finish both before I leave since my original intention was to leave them with Darbi.

               Happy Father’s day to all you fathers out there.

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