Texas Americans in Zambia

No matter how long I live in Zambia I will not be a Zambian. I will always be a Texas American living in Zambia.

The following is a record of our mission trip to Mapanza Zambia and a running dialog (conversation between two or more people...you and me ) of how God is preparing me for the mission field. The content will be raw at times and my grammar and punctuation are atrotious...not to mention spelling....but maybe it will be an encouragement to someone...maybe not.

Feel free to comment at will!

Saturday.....

We arrived in Lusaka Airport Saturday after a grueling million :)  hour flight from Dulles Airport in Virginia. We boarded an overland truck named the Blue Beast and headed to the camp ground where we would spend the night. (pictures will come later) There were zebra, giraffe and antelope running wild....very cool. Our rooms were simple but very comfortable. A bedroom with rest room attached......Cindy did not appreciate the spiders that were sharing the room with us.
Around 5:00 am something was making an awful noise.....welcome to Africa! We ate breakfast, were briefed on what to expect the next few days and were off like a herd of turtles to Choma. Big Blu was sure but slow.

Choma is a very interesting town and we were the main attraction for a while. There is a supermarket where you can buy a lot of things you can buy here. They even had  cold Diet Coke.....YES!
Blu met us ....introductions were made and we were on our way to Mapanza. We traveled for a while on good road then left the road for another road that reminded me of a cow path. We got stuck and all of the men bailed out calling for the women folk to stay on the bus....it is a truck, not a bus. After much debate, countless opinions of how to get out and one man trying to buy one of our cute female guides, the beast finally gave a great lunge forward and we were on our way once again. After two hours of plowing through grass and trees we arrived at our camp site. Pitched tents and got ready for supper. I LOVE sleeping in a tent in the Bush!