The water is back on! The moringa team is very pleased about this, as our freshly planted trees need water, and we could all use a real shower. This morning Dr. Thinus, Jim and I (Holly) woke up at 5 a.m. to go to the ZNBC (Zambian National Broadcasting) station in Kitwe, about a 45 minute drive. Jim and I were interviewed live on TV and managed to get through without fumbling too much. While we were in Kitwe, we took advantage of being in the country's 2nd largest city to eat a real American breakfast. We had eggs, juice, coffee, beans, yogurt, toast, sausage, and bacon (which is not like American bacon- it's much better). It was absolutely delicious! Jim bought us all breakfast, as well as Gil, our new favorite Zambian. He is a friend of a friend in the U.S. and an absolute blessing! In less than a week he has secured our live TV spot which happened this morning, arranged for ZNBC to do a documentary on what we're doing tomorrow, organized a workshop at Kitwe Central Hospital for us with about 20 doctors and enthusiastically agreed to be on the board of the Murundu orphanage foundation if we take it over. Just a few hours ago he drove almost an hour from his home to bring penicillin, Vitamin C, and Tylenol to Carol, who has strep.
After our TV spot and breakfast, we came home and Dr. T worked on the house while Jim and I slept. We were exhausted from waking up so early. The rest of the team went to a local girl's high school to do a workshop for over 100 kids. It was more of a fun-time, with dancing and soccer. A great time was had by all. Once we the entire STS team reassembled, all but 4 of us (3 from the moringa group) traveled back to Murundu to visit the potential orphanage site and play with the children. The children there act as if they never get any attention from anyone, and they all huddle around to see the muzungus, or white people. We are a bit of an oddity. Throughout the afternoon, Carol, Jess, Jill and I relaxed at home by playing cards, reading, and typing emails. It's nice to have some down time!
Tonight Dr. T and I (Holly) make dinner for the group. We went to the Shop-Rite (think 3rd world grocery store) for some meat. Dr. T kept calling the meat that we were purchasing mince meat, which we thought was something gross and British. We did not want mince meat for dinner, until Dr. T dragged us to the meat section and showed us that it's high-quality beef that's been shredded. That made us feel much better. So tonight we are going to do something with that and spaghetti.
Tomorrow after church Gil will bring the folks from ZNBC here to do a documentary on STS. We are all very excited and mildly nervous. We'll be sure to let you know how it goes!
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