The day began with a drive out by the Malawi border. We visited Kaponga Hills — a school I have visited twice before. The school built houses for government teachers and now they have one teacher from the government as well as Mr. Mtonga (who has been at the school many years) and a new volunteer teacher. The […]
The Road to Lundazi
Hi everyone We were up early and on the road by 7:30 this morning. Our traveling companions included Nancy, our friends Reverend Gerald Phiri and Reverend Kondwani Nkhoma, her 4 year old granddaughter Joyce, one of Dr Chilenge’s son’s, Daniel, and an older couple Mr. and Mrs. Banda. Dr Chilenge is the one who as a […]
Visiting Schools
Monday July 8 – Visiting schools after the training Rebecca and I got to visit two schools where several teachers attended training. The first stop was Chawama where three of the eight teachers attended. Two of the three had really taken to heart what they had learned. Rebecca and I wanted to give them written feedback and we […]
Final Day of the Conference
Its been really encouraging hearing from so many of you. Yes my ankle improves everyday. In fact, the right one I sprained feels better than my left one I broke three years ago and have developed arthritis in it. Thank you for asking… Sunday: Usually when the power goes out it comes back on sometime in […]
my story: brian s
Sometimes timing really matters. Brian’s story happened at a wedding full of nurses… […]
Teacher Training Day Two – Saturday
Hi everyone! Saturday:The power went out at Nancy’s Friday night (that is why the email did not go out until today) – but more about that later. Fortuately it came on during the night so we were able to get ready in the morning as usual. Our ride had some mechanical difficulties so Nancy drove us to the […]
Training Day in Mandevu
(The power has been out several evenings in a row so I am finally able to send this email a couple days late) FRIDAY: Our day began early – we were out the door by 7 am and on our way to Mandevu where the training was taking place by 8. Our topics included student engagement […]
Things Don’t Always Go as Planned
I sometimes forget that things often do not go as planned over here. I’m not sure why I don’t remember that because it happens several times every trip – but I forget and then it catches me off-guard. Today we were scheduled for pick up at 9 am. Our driver got pulled over on the way […]
Back in the Schools
Rebecca and I finally got to visit schools today as the holidays are over and school was back in session. We were accompanied by Rev Gerald Phiri and Rev. Kondwani Nkohma – two of our treasured friends. We visited 3 schools and 5 teachers. Only one teacher I have trained before — the rest are […]
Back in Zambia
Dear Family and Friends:Rebecca and I arrived here late Saturday – just in time to go to bed. We managed to sleep in until 9 so we were too late to attend church services. Instead we went to the craft market and introduced Rebecca to several Zambian crafts and souvenirs. After a quick stop at Spar (the […]