Wightson and Linda

Whitson has been Vinjelus' best friends for years... he's helped us out alot already in the past month...

Vinjelu and Grandmother

This is Vinjelu's grandmother from his mom's side. She has had 10 children and has out lived 5 of them... she is a mighty mowen of god... literally the moment we walked in the dorr and gave hugs she got us to kneela nd she prayed over us! She said she won't be dying anytime soon because the work that God has for her to do hasn't finished yet... when it's done she will go.

She is really full of life. A beautiful women.

Answering Questions

Ok Bike question... it costs 25$ to bring one bike from Canada to Zed... so we are going to be bringing our bikes from home.

2) Car... there are different opptions... we are porbably goign to take the opption of getting a double cab Toyota or Nissan from Japan, which will cost about $8000.00 CND.

3) Ndola and Kitwe.. we are going to visit YWAM there meet our fellow volunteers, and check out what they are doing. As well as meeting Gwnires future family... making some wedding plans. Also visiting World Vision Development sites. We will be gone for a little less then a week, or maybe a week.

4) Socializing.... ya it's going ok. W've been ruinning around tryig to get immegration things sored the past two weeks or so haven't had that much time... but ti is going ok I would say... still a bit hard. Vinjelus' friends have become my friends actually, some of them anyway. Espceially Wightson and LInda his girl friend. As well as Joshuas mom Naomi, she is a friend as well. So it's going ok, not the best, just because of not being settled here and stuff. But I am getting a bit used to being the white chick around... althugh I think it will take a year or so to really settle in.

I think those were the main questions...

Right now we are going to have a meeting with JOshua's parent's deciding hat is gouign to happen with him.

Ok I gotta go will write more later..

kathryn

July 16? I think...

Ya know I cant get this thing to post a picture, so I am going to go to a different internet cafe later today to see if I can get ti to work, in the mean time...

Today vinjelu is trying to get his National Registation Card, so we can get a Zambian Marriage license, so I can get a visa that allows me to come in and out fo the country easily. If it doesn't work we will be disapointed and a little frustrated. But today we are believing for Gods favor!

Tomarrow we are leaving for Ndola and Kitwe, it you look at a map it's in the copper belt, north, and then we are off to Mansa to visit the refugee camps.

it's been hard getting things done because we have to walk everywhere... a bit frustrating... but we see what has to happne when we come.

We are also goign to visit Naomi and Jabu today for the afternoon whcih will be nice.