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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 markets along the side of the road in Mtendere and were hosted by Diane at her house for a braai. Kenny was the king of the grill and we were given a lovely spread of chicken wings and sausages along with a variety of salads and then a delicious chocolate cake.


After Diane’s, we all made our way to the local super market to the money exchange desk to change our dollars into Kwacha so we could go to the local craft market.

The craft market proved an experience as many of the team haven’t been to a market like it before. There were some natural bargainers and some very interesting gifts purchased for everyone back at home!


Back at our hostel, some of the team had a dip in the pool whilst some others freshened up. Head chef Mark whipped up a tasty dinner of pasta and cheese sauce along with some garlic bread!


Rachel gave the devotion and organised a game of ‘Kazoo-oke’ which involved everyone trying to hum a tune into a Kazoo while the rest of the group guess what it is! We know what the Bells will be doing after their Christmas dinner this year!


All in all it was a great day and a nice introduction to the Zambian culture and we are looking forward to building relationships with the people we met over the next week.

(Lyndsey)
















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