Friends, Fun, and Food

It has been such a joy having Isaac visit us here in Zambia. Our week with him in Mansa has flow by and I can hardly believe that this is our last day with him. We are sending him on the night bus to Lusaka tonight.

Since Isaac has been here we have attended a delicious meal at the Chiona's home. Mary Chiona cooked nshima, cassava leaves, beans, an American pasta dish, and lemon cake. It was quite the spread and we enjoyed sharing the time together.

We also went to Mumbuluma Falls with two friends from the research station. We went swimming in the deep pools under the falls, had a picnic lunch and john even climbed up the falls! It was beautiful and relaxing.

Samfya beach was another spot that we wanted Isaac to experience. We spent the day playing in the water, burying john in the sand, and reading on the beach. John and Isaac also took a little boat ride down the lake.

On Sunday we spent the morning at church then went around town to show Isaac the sights of Mansa (he is going to update the Wikipedia page on Mansa with pictures so you can check that out too). We went back to church for the evening service around 4:00pm. When we got home we had no electricity. John hooked up the kerosene stove (thanks Teri and Nick) and we cooked supper outside. The electricity returned by 9:00pm but we were one the way bed by then. At least Isaac got to experience a normal Zambian power outage too! We will be sad to see him go back, but we are also looking forward to coming home in a few weeks. We love you all much!