Projects and Fun

Made 3 trips to the airport this week picking up and dropping off missionaries for transfers.  

Lighting the World at the Shopping Center.  Usually the members work these but we wanted a chance.  We whities are less successful than the members.  

Elder Wester's last baptism before going home. The Elders are the young men on the left and the two being baptized are on the right.  Notice our Chinese friend.  The Chinese have a great influence here in the economy.  He is a great young man who will someday return to China to be a Church leader there.  

Check out this huge avacado!  Fresh vegies from the farmers market.  

At Lupani School where our church project will build a new classroom building.  These are some of the teachers, the school district leaders, and our contractor.

While we were waiting for the meeting at Lupani school, parents were coming by to see if their child was accepted into first grade.  Their new school year starts in January.  They don't have enough teachers or classrooms to accept everyone.  Most of those accepted were 8 and 9 year olds but they had some 10, 11, and 7 year olds.  But about 20 seven year olds weren't accepted.  Felt sorry for the kids and parents who weren't accepted.  Even then, they accepted 105 kids that will be split into two first grade classes.  

Stopped on the way home from Chibombo at the Reptile Park.  Wild place.

Mid size crocs

Several varieties of Turtles

Scary Snake.  Can't remember what kind but think this is the one that spits poison in your eye.  

There were about 400 crocs here.  Many huge guys like this one.  It thinks it is guarding it's eggs but the park owners took them a while back.  They raise some of them for the meat and skin.  

The feared black mamba.  Most poison snake in Africa (or world?).  Some of the snakes were biters and others were constrictors. 

 

I had to try the African Cuisine of Caterpillars for the Grandkids.

The drill rig at the Mikango School.  See our Facebook page for a video of the drilling process.

Found Water!  Installation of the pump and drainage.  The truck couldn't get down to the original planned location so they tried here closer to the school and were successful.  A blessing in disguise.