Yesterday (Wednesday), we went
along with our daily routine of tutoring and work around the school. Misheck is doing awesome in math by the way. That afternoon we had another Americans vs.
Zambians match, but this time in volleyball and we won! Go USA!
Mal has some pretty significant scrapes from it. And by “it” I mean the stump she tripped
over. Poor Mal. Other than that mishap, we all had so much
fun and since we won we had the kids crab-walk across the soccer field for
their “punishment” as they call it. They
got off easy compared to the squats we had to do. We spent the rest of the afternoon playing
and I helped some of the girls do backbends.
I wouldn’t doubt it if they can all do back handsprings by the time I
leave if they put their minds to it.
They are all so athletic.
We made
burgers and “chips” back at the ark for dinner.
The power cut out halfway through, but fortunately came back on about
five minutes later. We popped popcorn on
the stove and watched War Horse on the projector. I love that movie, obviously. When we finished, we walked outside and it
was the first night I have been able to see all of the stars in the sky. It was too pretty for words. Seriously.
We all tried to describe it this morning and we really couldn’t. That’s when Chris Tomlin’s lyrics hit me:
“Indescribable, uncontainable, you placed the stars in the
sky and you know them by name. You are
amazing God.” Thank you for putting into
words what we couldn’t Chris.
And then, this morning I read this verse: The earth is full of His glory. - Isaiah 6:3
Nail. On. The. Head.
Today we
went back to the Kabanga School. The
kids Jamee and Kailyn teach were being tested in Science, so we played outside
with the younger ones. They are so
funny. Some are shy, but many of them
just want to look at and touch you.
Everywhere we went, we each had a crowd of at least twenty children
surrounding us, sometimes holding hands with four at a time. I wish they understood more English so we
could talk to them, but they seem to enjoy just listening to and
watching us.
Feelin' like celebs
After
helping Papa Wes with some work and taking an easy afternoon “off, we had
dinner with the new day kids. It was
spaghetti, so you can imagine how messy that was. I helped Agnes eat hers, so we stayed
relatively clean and she really liked being fed. The older kids had Home Economics with
Teacher Abby this afternoon, so they brought the potatoes and beef stew they
made and we tried that too. They did
such a good job and were so proud of the meals they had prepared. After dinner, we had praise and worship. It is so sweet listening to all of the prayer
requests and praises said by the kids. I
couldn’t help but think of Matthew 18:3-4.
And he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and
become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this
child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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