THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA
This is the Lusaka District at an activity in our back yard. We went to Kalimba Farms (the croc farm) with them and we were not able to have croc burgers while there. So we bought some ready-to-cook ones and brought them home. We then invited the district over for a BBQ or braii, as they call it.
Sister and Elder Groesbeck, Elder Knobloch, Elder Gova, Elder Salmon, Sister Kinikini, Sister Marriott, Sister Donkoh, Sister Salmon, and Sister Owusu-Afriyie. We have a pretty large, nice yard so it was fun to have them over. And the timing was perfect, it started to rain just as we were finishing up!
Sister Fides Zimba and her father, sister and brother were baptized in November of last year. Fides is one of our wonderful nursery teachers. The kids love her. She wants to serve a mission and so we are filling out her mission papers. She isn't 19 yet, but is starting to save money for passport and other things she will need to go.
Fides and her mom, who is not a member yet, wanted to teach me how to cook Zambian style. So they fired up the charcoal and I fried the chicken (fortunately they killed it and got it ready to cook) and then they coached me on making Nshima. I'm not really good at it. I would think after mixing bread by hand all these years my arms would be strong. But they are not strong enough for a full pot of nshima. Those women really know the technique and the nshima was great.
This is Joseph Zimba. We had a little lego kit for a motorcycle and he put it together and was pretty excited bout it. On the right is Philip Mwanamoyo who is cleaning fish for dinner.
Brother Moses has been the mechanic and body man for repairs on mission vehicles. Below is his shop. I told him he needs a roof over it so it's not so hot working on the cars. He said he was fine. Africans don't seem to be bothered by the heat as much as us muzungus. On the right is the back door of his house where he wants to build a deck. You can see where he has started the foundation for it. He is quite a character. He is very fast at fixing the vehicles and is very reasonably priced. Unfortunately, because of numerous accidents, we have had to use his service very frequently.
The White's started a little business of selling rice and potatoes at a small shop in Emmsdale. It is very close to Batiste's house so we walked over to her shop to see how things were going. Sister White is the Primary President and is pregnant with their 4th child due in December. She said the business is doing well and they are making money.
LaNice's birthday cakes--one made by Sister Kupu and the other bought by Alan. They were both good. The Assistants, Elder Ssengooba and Elder Salyards, bought her a watermelon. It was very interesting that, in the market (not in the stores), the vendor will cut a piece of the watermelon so the buyer can see how red it is. Wish they would do that in the stores because we have bought some pretty bad watermelon. This one was very good.
