Last Church Service

Phillip, Larry and Glory at Church
Larry, Noah and Lynne

July 7, 2013        
               Today was our last church service at NDO for this visit.  I did the Bible study and Blu had the sermon.  I did not teach in Tonga, except to say “pepe” which mean “no” once or twice.  Lynne took some photos with me and a few of the children    We are hoping Wes brings back the parts today to fix a couple of the vehicles. 
Melody and Katie Hammond are scheduled to leave tomorrow for Livingstone.  They are going on short safari in Livingstone and going to Victoria Falls.  The van is now fixed so they and Darbi will be leaving early tomorrow morning for Livingston, about 3 hours away.    We will meet up with them Wednesday in Choma (one hour south of here) and head for Lusaka in the NDO bus.   We will meet them around 11 a.m. Monday with high hopes of reaching Lusaka before dark.   Two more days to enjoy Zambia, climb the tower and enjoy the sunset, and soak in the atmosphere of sub-Saharan Africa.
Will I miss Zambia?   I will carry it in my heart until I return next summer.  You heard that right (or read that right).  I told Blu and Wes that if they had room for us, and God was willing, we would be back next summer for 6 weeks.  You would have to be here to understand.
Now we begin to look at how to pack for our return journey.  Fortunately, once we check our baggage in Lusaka, it is checked all the way to Atlanta.   We will be in London overnight Thursday and fly out to Atlanta mid-afternoon Friday. 
We had a very quiet Sunday here.  The Tidwell’s held a going away party for Lynne and me.  The Tidwell’s, Wilcox’s and teachers (Carolyn, Diana, and Allison) all baked pizzas.  They had some going away gifts for us.  Wes said they didn’t go all out, because they really don’t want us to go away.  Laurie reiterated they feel like we are staff, because we have assimilated into the daily routine at NDO.  We feel very welcome and at home here.  The staff makes it very easy to fit in and feel at home.
That is about it for our Sunday south of the equator.  Maybe when we get back to Georgia the rain will stop!  We hope not, because we haven’t seen rain in 6 weeks.

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