Today is winding down-we've just returned home after eating a delicious pork and mashed potato dinner (among other things) cooked by friends of Phil and Elaine. Liam is sleeping soundly and seems to be on a Zambian sleep schedule-what a champ he is!! We all did our best to tire him out-and thank goodness for a beach ball that Elaine introduced to him, he has been chasing it around the entire day!
Our day began a bit earlier than yesterday-jetlag is slowly going away-hallelujah! We were all awake by 9 o'clock our time-and in case anyone was wondering-only Liam was happy to have made it to midnight and everyone else either was asleep or wished to have been. As Liam napped, Christie, Dave, Eric, Phil and myself (Corie) walked around attempting to meet some people-but were unsuccessful, as many people were out of town shopping due to it being a holiday. We returned to the house, checked out the orchard which includes orange, mango, lemon, banana, guava, avocado trees and raspberry bushes.
We hung out a few hours, ate lunch, read books, and then headed to spend a few hours with a dear friend of the Thuma's-Bina Ezra. She is a wonderful 80 year old woman who laughs with us the entire time. She has a great memory and told fun stories. We ate cake to celebrate the new year, sang a hymn, and enjoyed spending time in her village while Liam enjoyed digging in the dirt and chasing chickens.
We left Bina Ezra's and went to dinner and have just finished skyping-which is always a lot of fun! We're about to play a board game and head to bed shortly thereafter.
Sorry that was a bit wordy-but it's been a pretty busy day!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
-Corie-
I read all the entries! I praise God for a wonderful trip, and hope you all have safe travels home. Christie, I KNOW you will be jetlagged, so email or call whenever you are rested and have gotten things in order back at home. Love you, friends.
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