Day 7

Today was a great day filled with quiet victories. We completed the hole we had been working on for several days for the pit latrine. This was no easy task as the whole was 5 feet by 16 feet by 9 feet deep. Eventually a latrine will be built on top of this pit and will last for approximately 20 years.
All though this seems like a simple project and not as flashy as some in the Mission field. The days spent digging it allowed us to work side by side with Zambians. It also become a focal point for the entire neighbor hood. For 7 hours a day we were surrounded by the neighbor hood children and got to know them well. If we had been away doing other things we would not have been able to form these loving friendships. Some of the children liked to sing and dance. Some of them liked to play tag and some of them just wanted to be held. All of them were filled with a love of Jesus.
Special acknowledgement should be given to Ed, Dave and Kevin who’s digging efforts went above and beyond the call of duty and as a result helped us greatly with this project.
Our next project was to finish taking down the Inzaka. The Inzaka’s framing had been ravaged by termites and now was an unstable structure posing a threat to the local kids who played in it. This was dirty work pulling the straw thatching from the roof and then ripping apart the framing. So the brave souls of Cross Roads Church with hammer in hand scaled the Inzaka and tore it down one timber at a time.

Prepared by Marty Bandvik