Life is Good

As the title suggests, life is good here. Things are coming along at the Lazarus Project (although not as quickly as they could be). We started plough the fields and have one field about 3/4 finished. The bad news is that the tractor wouldn't start on Thursday and Friday so not much got done. Hopefully this week will go better and more will get ploughed.

The garden is also coming along but we are in desparate need of fertilizer. We should be getting it early this week (we should have had it last week but things never go as planned here in Zambia).

As for the rest of life, things are going well. I was at a Thanksgiving Day celebration last weekend at the Canadian High Commission. I met a few other Canadians and we had a chance to play Cranium and have some nice desserts. There was some sort of pumpkin pie there but not the same as what I usually have in Canada. I took a cab for the first time to get there. I rode with Jess (who I met at CIL training in Toronto). On the way home, Jess and I and another girl named Jess shared a cab again.

It seems that I am able to add pictures today so I will add some new ones for people to look at. The first is a sunset from the Lazarus Project. The sun, moon and sky are pretty neat here. Yesterday we had a lot of clouds (more clouds than I've seen here except for the one day when it was cold and grey). When the sun sets it is really beautiful. I think when there is a full moon (in about a week) it will be very pretty right at sunset.

The second picture is Great East Road, looking back towards town. It is quite a busy road and there is usually a lot more traffic than this. You'll notice traffic drives on the left here, which makes crossing the street interesting. I have to be careful to look in the right direction before I cross. I'm used to looking for traffic in the other direction but I'm getting used to it.

The third picture is a boy named Lamech paiting a picture. He is an older boy that stays in the same building as me to look after the little boys that also stay there. He is nice and pretty responsible.

The fourth picture is Freddie and Lazarus. These two boys are pretty interesting. Lazarus is quite a character and you never really know what he is thinking. Freddie is a lot of fun and I know he really liked Jeff, the intern from last year. Lazarus is the one with the striped overalls.

Well, I guess that's about it for now. For this week, pray that we get the tractor started and can plough more for the fields. Pray also that we get the required supplies (seeds, fertilizers, tools, etc.)

I hope everyone is having a great time in Canada/Tanzania/Australia/United States.

Goodluck and Godspeed