Day 26 - Friday July 13, 2007

Greetings Peoples-

 

We have finished our first and only full week here in the glorious Ibia of Nam along the hippo trodden banks of the Zambezi; land of the Lozi and territory of the termite. (I actually have about 8 weeks left but for this dispatch I will speak for the Calvary team.) Spirits are high even as eyelids droop low and our bellies are full from the Pizza a la Samuel. (The Mink’s son.) As I compose this letter many of our courageous team members are on their way to retire for the night. It’s understandable that they would crave the comfort of their beds and security of their "holy" mosquito nets after today’s adventures…

 

Sarah continued to press ahead with her Bible study of Mark.  She also spent sometime in the classroom today grading and assisting the middle level kids.

 

Jackie floated from classroom to classroom teaching and met with some students that she has been tutoring quite diligently. She also spent some time misinforming Kevin on the farm resulting in Kevin chasing a baby goat all the way to the Botswana border and possibly psychologically scaring it for life.

 

Speaking of animals, Frank spent most of the day wrestling with the Mink’s computers. Apparently, they have so many viruses they could be equated to a digital Petri dish. Frank did take some time away from computer to assist in some animal husbandry. The Mink’s are trying to breed their dogs (I’m not sure what the breed is but its supposed to kill leopards) and Kujo (really Carvelo but I think Kujo serves as a better illustration for any horror movie buffs) despite his manly physique is somewhat ignorant of the arts of love. To say the least. Frank was in charge of "hip guidance" but in the end Kujo just tried to eat the flashlight. Perhaps candle light would work better in the future.

 

Carol went to town and did some shopping. She helped purchase blankets for the kids here. The money was raised from donors in the States. They are much needed here because the night are very cold. If one actually braves the frigid nights they may even catch the elephants creating a luge course.

 

Kevin (I), spent the morning teaching and had an overall successful day with the students. He then shamelessly neglected his craft duty to participate in a soccer game with Courtney, Melissa, and several of the kids. Kevin had a scissor kick that would have gone down in COZV sports history had he actually made contact with the ball and not pulled his hip flexor in the process. He then limped over to the farm with children in tow. He first went out to bring the goats in but got lost and ended up meeting a local who wanted to sell him contraband diamonds. He suspected they would probably be fake. However, the local (Prada, yea Prada) did have the words "Thugged Out" painted onto his termite mud house so Kevin believes Prada’s bling may have been legit. (I’m actually serious about that part.) Upon returning he tackled the aforementioned adventure with the baby goat. In the end baby goat was reunited with Mama goat.

 

Jamie, was a lean mean reading machine with a group of three-year olds.

 

Courney, Melissa, and Linnet went to Mafuta together and made it back safely despite Courntey’s leadership. Courtney lead the pre-schoolers in songs and games. She apparently sang a song in Lozi as well. All three found it a deeply moving experience and Linnet hoped she could figure out a way she could do more for the children there. When they returned to COZV they were enlisted to unpack the groceries. The girls claim to have moved 50 pound boxes of various food items with military precision but I have yet to hear Gary attest to that.

 

… At this point in the evening the sky sparkles with a host of beautiful constellations completely unrecognizable to us northerners. Nevertheless, they are another blessing among many on this day at the Children of Zion Village, Namibia.

 

God Bless-
Kevin
P.S. Love you Mom!
P.S.S. Jackie loves you, Bob.

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