11PM 
What a day! The day started off with breakfast at the lodge at 7 - eggs, tomatoes, juice, toast, oat bran (I'm actually eating cereal!) Headed to the village at 8:15. Our first stop was at Simon's house, the village chief. He is very ill, but was able to sit up and greet each one of us. What an honor it was to meet the village chief and shake his hand! After we each greeted him, we stood outside his hut and sang our "We are marching" song.
Next, we headed off to 5 or 6 churches (no, the roofs did not crumble), all different
denominations. What an experience. At each one, we were impressed by their voices. SO beautiful. We sang our song at each church (either "We are Marching" or "You are mighty"). Nana talked me into breaking from the group on "Mighty" (which was really quite fun) and I really got into it at the last church with "Marching". While this was NOT a religious mission, the people in the village have a very strong faith, and they were honored that we took the time to go to each of their services.
We took some pictures with some of the children, then headed into Victoria Falls for a tour and shopping. The falls were AMAZING. Saw many rainbows! Baboons were out. VERY cool. Wandered over to the Zambian side to watch a couple guys bungee jump, then headed to do some shopping in the open
market. CRAZY! It was way too overwhelming. Way too many people selling their stuff.
Tonight we went to the Safari Lodge down the road to have dinner. We watched some water buffalo grazing. NEAT.
I'm tired! Early morning tomorrow for the first full day at the village!
What a day! The day started off with breakfast at the lodge at 7 - eggs, tomatoes, juice, toast, oat bran (I'm actually eating cereal!) Headed to the village at 8:15. Our first stop was at Simon's house, the village chief. He is very ill, but was able to sit up and greet each one of us. What an honor it was to meet the village chief and shake his hand! After we each greeted him, we stood outside his hut and sang our "We are marching" song.
Next, we headed off to 5 or 6 churches (no, the roofs did not crumble), all different
denominations. What an experience. At each one, we were impressed by their voices. SO beautiful. We sang our song at each church (either "We are Marching" or "You are mighty"). Nana talked me into breaking from the group on "Mighty" (which was really quite fun) and I really got into it at the last church with "Marching". While this was NOT a religious mission, the people in the village have a very strong faith, and they were honored that we took the time to go to each of their services.
We took some pictures with some of the children, then headed into Victoria Falls for a tour and shopping. The falls were AMAZING. Saw many rainbows! Baboons were out. VERY cool. Wandered over to the Zambian side to watch a couple guys bungee jump, then headed to do some shopping in the open
market. CRAZY! It was way too overwhelming. Way too many people selling their stuff.Tonight we went to the Safari Lodge down the road to have dinner. We watched some water buffalo grazing. NEAT.
I'm tired! Early morning tomorrow for the first full day at the village!
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