Day 4

We finally made it to Namwinga! After eating a very nice breakfast we left our very nice hotel and started our six hour bus ride to the mission. For lunch we stopped at a place called Tooters. There for the first time many of us practiced using Zambian money. Charissa and I ate lunch for 49,000 Kwacha! Which is about 10 ish dollars in American money. We both ended up getting some chicken and chips (French fries) and a drink. It was pretty good food. Then we went back to get on the bus and found out it wasn’t going to start by itself So we had to push it out away from the wall where it was parked so it could coast a bit and then start. I’m not sure how exactly that works, but after doing so the bus started. Success! We traveled the rest of the way and reached the mission! We were all very excited! We greeted the people there. Got our room assignments and then moved in. Most of us moved in very quickly so we could go exploring as much as possible before dinner. We walked down to the college there and watched the students play soccer. Tessa, our GPS/ Tom Tom/ British Pirate/ tour guide navigated us successfully; however she was not successful in acting like a British Pirate GPS. Apparently there is more to come. After that we had dinner where we enjoyed some grilled cheese sandwiches, carrots, tomatoes, and some wonderful chocolate cake all cooked by Leonard who is our awesome cook while we are staying here.

After dinner, we played games and then spent two hours coming up with rapper names for everyone on the trip. There were multiple names that I was given, but I believe the official name is BenE G. which is appropriate. After naming everyone we split up and went back to our housing. I saw and killed my first Malaria mosquito. Its raining tonight…during dry season. We were told to be extra careful the next few days that way we don’t end of with Malaria. I’m glad I did a project on Malaria last fall in my Health Care Missions class. I know what kind of mosquito to be weary of and what the symptoms are.  Hopefully none of us get it. We all have mosquito nets in our rooms so hopefully we will be fine. That’s all for today. Can’t wait for tomorrow. We get to meet more people and we get an official tour!

Thank you for all your prayers!

Ben