May 11

Bianca and I arrived in Zambia today after a 14 hour flight to South
Africa and then a two hour flight to Zambia. We were all incredibly
exhausted by the day's events. We arrived at around 2 pm Zambian time.
We bought some equipment at a local shop in town, including a
basketball and a few pumps for the soccer balls. The basketball will
be used for a basketball clinic at Light of Hope that I will
potentially be running. The mall is a reflection in some ways of the
western world, as it was very diverse full of individuals from the
middle east, asia, as well as europe. What brought that Japanese lady
here whose buying the pepperoni rolls, and that man buying 3 rolls of
toilet paper? What brings him to Zambia. The locals themselves, I
wonder what they think of the area. In some ways I can't wait to get
out of the city and into the country of Linda Compound, where these
distractions are eliminated. However this mall presented a very good
metaphor in my head of just God's distinct plan for each of us, We are
here to praise God and serve him in the different dimensions of this
world. We head back to Linda tomorrow where I will spend about 6 weeks
there. Prepared for whatever god has in store. We will be without
electricity and running water. Please pray for our safety as well as
dilligence to confide in the lord.