But first- let me take a selfie!

This morning was an early start with a 7:30am breakfast before heading out to the CCAP Synod of Zambia offices where we met the General Secretary, Reverend Sevatt Kabaghe. We learnt about his life and work including his role within the CCAP Synod of Zambia and the wider community.

After a tour of the offices we met Rev Kabaghe’s family and tried some incredible muffins baked by the Reverend’s wife. We also discovered Kenny‘s hidden football talent with the revelation that he went for trials at Manchester United! (Back in the day of course, although he could still probably beat Michael like he did in the tennis exhibition match!)

After our visit we went to lunch with the General Secretary before heading back to the church for icebreakers and discussions with the church youth about contemporary issues facing young people today and how our selfies and social media should reflect our lives as Christians. It was great to get to know the people we will be working with this week and we look forward to being able to engage with them in their community.

We returned to the lodge, only stopping for ice cream and groceries on the way. On our return we had a swim in the pool which was pretty chilly before having some much needed showers and a tasty (but pretty spicy) dinner.

Finally we spent some time together reflecting on our day and listening to an inspirational devotion from Jenny. We bonded over some games and Michael threatening Ashley with a spider.

An update on our game of human cluedo: Michael killed Mark with a pen in the breakfast area; Christine killed Holly B with a plastic bottle on the kitchen and Holly T killed Rachel with a hand sanitiser in the pool.

(Alice)

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Where God wants us!

On Sunday morning, we set off on the Synod bus (once the flat tyre got fixed) to Mtendere church. We were welcomed by the minister, the youth director and Diane and were introduced to the congregation. The choirs in Mtendere were unbelievable, they sing without any instruments and their voices are just amazing. This provided us with a pretty tough act to follow when we were asked to perform a piece, we chose ‘Lion and the Lamb’ and the congregation seemed to love it! This was then followed by a really good sermon, conducted in both Nyanja and English based on the theme ‘Be where God wants you to be.’ At 3 hours long the service was probably the longest many of our team members have experienced, but did not feel long- it was a great experience. Following the church service, every week they greet every single member of the congregation individually by lining up and shaking hands, it was great to meet so many of the Zambians. We hopped on the bus again and drove through the m

Reptiles & Eagles

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Bleeding love

Hello, welcome to my blog (Victoria Emerson) 😊 . This morning we woke up to what looked like a murder scene, Holly B had a nose bleed, the 1st of 4 from the day. It was an early start with a 7:30 breakfast in preparation to board the bus at 8:15. The bus came on time at 8:15, but we were on Zambia time and didn’t leave until after 8.30! When we arrived at the church we were greeted by lots of smiling faces, we got lots of hugs then the young kids had to go to school for a test. We continued into the church to meet the youth that we have got to know over the past few days. We shook hands as that is how they greet each other in their culture. During the first session we had a talk about love from our very own Ashley Parks based on loving God, loving our neighbour and loving ourselves. When the talk was finished some of the GB girls and officers had came to visit us. We have them many items such as jumpers, notebooks and resource books. The girls were overwhelmed and soo appreciative

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