While at bush camp the participants still go out on their DFA's and there is some time spent each day in debriefing. Most days they are finished around 4:00pm and have a couple of hours of free time before dinner. Some play games, walk, chat or take showers. Here are some more random pics. that were taken at camp.
On our last night at camp before the homestays Kenny, Nate, and Alan decided to build a huge bonfire for the evening entertainment. This is not even the finished product. This will go down in 4040 history as the biggest bonfire! They did have a couple of buckets of water ready in case it got out of control. We roasted marshmellows and sang songs. It was a fun evening.
This is where our family stayed at camp. Kevin and I were in the tent to the left and Hannah stayed in the tent to the right.
This is a pic. of the scorpion I caught outside our tent. Yes, I said I did this. I bet some of you are thinking I'm not as prissy as you thought I was.
Most days we did not need to heat our kettles of water for a shower. However, after a late afternoon rain it cooled off quite a bit to where a cold shower would just not work.
This is where the women took their showers each day. We would go and pump our water into our buckets and kettles. Lower the bucket in the shower and pour our water in. Then hoist the bucket back up and tie it down. Then we were all ready to take a shower.
On our last night we let all of our staff go first through the line to get their food.
We had all of our staff come in on the last night and different ones of us stood up and gave words of appreciation to them. They sang us several different songs too. They are a very talented group and we are so thankful for all of them. We also gave them a small gift. In this pic. they are singing and dancing out of the dining hall.
Tyler with his nanny Jane.
A couple of afternoons were spent learning some practical things to help them as they live in Africa. The women learned how to cook several different things.
They even learned how to cook with no electricity by using a charcoal oven.
The men learned how to tie several different knots. They also learned about car maintenance. Truitt is practicing his knot tying in this pic.
Mark and Alan
During breaks or at night many would play games. This is Amber playing cards.
Matilda, Mwaka, and Estnart making some nshima for themselves.
After several days of having their DFA's in the boma the participants shifted to the nearby villages to do their assignments. The mode of transportation was their own two feet. Above is Kenny and Leslie as they head out from camp.
Amber and Rachel going out.
Amber, Kym, and Rachel hanging out in front of their tent.
This is a pic. of the scorpion I caught outside our tent. Yes, I said I did this. I bet some of you are thinking I'm not as prissy as you thought I was.
They even learned how to cook with no electricity by using a charcoal oven.
During breaks or at night many would play games. This is Amber playing cards.
Matilda, Mwaka, and Estnart making some nshima for themselves.
While we were in Lusaka the kids went to visit an urban Zambian home. Then while in the bush we take the kids to a village so they can see the differences in the two. This particular village is very big and the picture above just shows a portion of it. Amai Mwanza meets us at our van and then takes us to her house where she puts out a reed mat on the ground and asks us to sit. She then goes around and greets us all and shakes our hands. She allows us to see inside her one room hut. The kids each take turns taking off their shoes at the door and preceding inside to have a look. Amai Mwanza then takes us on a walk around the village. We stop and greet everyone we come upon. We also see lots of animals while we are walking-pigs, goats, cows, and chickens. This field trip helps the kids to know about village life so that during their homestay they will know what to expect.
Every time we go to this village the headman has not been at home. However, this time he was at home and invited us all in to sit and talk. As you can see from this picture we accumulated lots of other kids which followed us around. They were all invited in to his home. We introduced ourselves and told where we were serving. He asked us what was our reason for coming and one of the children told him, "to tell others about Jesus." He also taught the kids what the job of the headman was. As we were leaving we asked him if we could take a picture with him and he agreed. He is to the right of Kym. His name is Abambo Zulu and he is in his eighties. This was a real honor for us to be able to meet the headman of this village.
One morning we went to a local farm which was close to our camp. The kids enjoyed seeing pigs, chickens, ducks, guinee fowl, rabbits, and goats. They especially liked the ones they could hold.
