Day 1 In Africa

So we are finally here and most importantly (at least right now), we arrived safely. The first part of the plane ride lasted 10 hours and then we had a 6 hour lay over in London. First about the first leg of the plane ride, it was super long, probably is be the best way to describe it. British Airways packed us in there like sardines and it was almost impossible to get any sleep. The London airport was probably the nicest airport I’ve ever been in. We got a bite to eat at a little café in the airport and then we went to lie down in the terminal to try to sleep a little and get some rest before our next “packing” job in the airplane. While resting, Kevin and I had the opportunity to talk to a Muslim and share Christ with him. It’s just another piece of evidence that the world thinks that their eternal destination depends on a “set of scales”. Thank God that He sent His Son Jesus Christ!! Then our next plane ride from London to Lusaka, Zambia was finally underway. We were all quite happy about this plane cause although it was smaller than the first, it actually had more leg room which resulted in a welcomed activity:
SLEEP. After another 10 hour plane ride, we finally arrived in
Lusaka. There we meet Megan, Steve, Owen and Tyler from Action Zambia who we will be spending most of our time with here on our trip. They first took us to this little bakery that was really, really tasty. I had a chocolate doughnut while the others had all kinds of different pastries. Then we went on a tour of the city which was very interesting. Some of the things that we saw were: women carrying 50 pounds of fruit and other things on their heads while carrying a baby, the US Embassy, the court house, military buildings, ministry of defense building, Zambians selling anything on the streets to make a buck, weird looking cars that I’ve never seen before. These are just a few things that we saw. My favorite might be the president’s house which was huge and he was there when we saw it. Megan said that if anyone takes a picture of where the president lives, if they get caught, they will go to jail, no questions asked. CRAZY!! Then we finally went back to the “farm” as they call it. We took a tour of the place, including where we will actually stay, took a quick hour nap, then went for a hike where we got to meet some of the city kids where they sang to us for about 20 minutes and then finally eat dinner. We are really excited to be here but I’ve got to say, we
are all so tired too. Tomorrow, we will begin to do some work projects and see what else comes our way. I won’t get to post the blog everyday, but I will write everyday and then post multiple blogs every 2 or 3 days, so keep checking back to see if a new one posted. God bless you as I am falling asleep as I type.

Sean