Wilting Wednesday

Day 37

My last day started very early in the morning. Ashley and I decided that we would wake up early in the morning and visit Haven 3 before it was time to leave. Megan had told us that the kids were wide awake at 6 in the morning so we planned to leave our houses at 5:30 to be there by 6. When I woke up this morning it was still dark, the sun had not risen. I walked to meet Ashley and ran into Justin on the way. We said bye for the last time and then Ashley and I headed off to Haven 3 with our lights.

When we arrived at Haven 3, sure enough, the kids were up and moving around. The Aunties seemed surprised to see us so early in the morning, but they were very friendly. We played with the children from 6 until it was time to leave at 7:30. Dr. Weaver had told us that we needed to be ready to go by 8 so we could eat breakfast at 8:30 and leave by 9. Our time with the children was nice. We both got to take pictures and say good bye one last time.

For breakfast we had biscuits and gravy and then we were on the road headed to Lusaka. On the way we stopped for lunch at Tooters again. I believe we all got the same thing, chicken and chips. The drive was long and boring, many of us slept. Before entering Lusaka the bus and Kaki Jackie ran through a speed trap, but only Kaki Jackie was stopped, and Dr. Weaver was driving. She was not pleased.

Once we arrived at the Protea in Lusaka we had some free time to walk and look around. Lauren, Liz, Tessa and I found a nice place to eat and a movie theater that was showing the new Pirates movie. So we went back to the motel and invited everyone to join us for dinner and a movie. Most everyone joined us for dinner, but only Kara and Navieen joined the four of us. The theater we watched the movie was nice, and it only cost us 14,000 K which is around 3 dollars. Pretty good. After the movie we all decided it was time for bed.

Tomorrow we start flying home. It’s a very long journey home. Please pray for our safety. Thank you for all your prayers and support.

Thank you.

Ben