Afternoons at the River

This week while Kevin has been gone to Bible School in Luangwa we have been at home just hanging out and having fun. Of course, we waited to have fun until school was finished each day. Around 5:00pm we would head down to the Chongwe River for a little afternoon swim. Today the Cook family came to visit and we went to play at the river for a while. The kids had a blast!

Does this look like somewhere you would want to take a little dip? Boys will get in anywhere! Here is Zach, Justin, and Austin swimming across the river. Don't worry to those who have seen pictures of Kevin on a river with crocs. and hippos. These waters don't have any big critters to worry about.

Austin and Coby climbing up on this rock and then jumping in.

After watching other Zambian Kids do this first our kids got brave enough to try too. They climb up this tree at least 20 feet above the water if not higher and then jump.
Justin is the one in this picture.

Coby having a turn.

Zach

Hannah and Kelsey have become such good friends. It has been so nice to have another little girl her age that didn't live to far away. They pretty much watched at this spot in the river. Later we went to a place where they could get all the way in and cool off.

As you can see, when the white people go to the river we cause quite a commotion. We had many eyes on us and lots of followers. In fact, when we went to the place that was shallow these kids watching decided to get in also. However, they didn't have bathing suits. They just wore their birthday suits instead. We didn't stay long at that point because some were a little more developed than others.