A Jembo student garden with no yield

Cory will be having class Tuesday with the Bible students, his last one of this term as they have finals next week before and then a month off.

Corn, peanut and sunflower

Last week he didn't have his Tuesday class as the country celebrated International Youth Day, so he's already prepared his lesson on pest control and herbicides. 

We generally attend student led chapel on Tuesday and Friday mornings however Friday, March 15 was International Women's Day-also a holiday so chapel was not held for 2 in a row. 

We're working on some travel plans for a trip in April, 'Fall Break' for Fritz and a chance to see some more of Zambia and hopefully visit a church or two. 

Cory worked hard on putting together a video update for a couple churches while Fritz and I worked on our studies. 

The 'power shedding' times started last week Sunday night. 

Early planted corn with small yield. Some of the
new hybrids are very tough.

The 24 hours in a day are divided into 3 different time zones: 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.; 2 p.m. -10 p.m.; and then 10 p.m.-6 a.m.

Theoretically you can go on-line to find out for your area what times each week that your power will be turned off..and it should be the same time daily for the week.

Well the first week the power was off for 8 hours-a different time each day. 

Then we got a bit of rain and the hours dropped to only 5 off and has been rather random.

Not just fruit trees that get cut by the termites.

Our adjustment is making good progress: remembering to fill the drinking water containers and buckets when the water pump is working; charging all electronics: phones, batteries, computers, Kindles, router, and more; making sure not to open the refrigerator much when power is off; and trying to remember not to leave lights on before going to bed to avoid a bright random wake up [this one is the hardest]

The discussion of maybe getting solar power for the Bible college is on-going even as we continue to pray for more rain.

For an average year there would only be about 2" of rain left for the rest of the rainy season, then dry until November.

While it is too late for much benefit to the field crops like corn, sunflower and beans, the gardens can still benefit; as can the grazing pastures for the livestock; and the water levels of the wells. 

We have had just a little more than 1" of rain since we arrived two months ago.

There is a Global Partners project fund that provides the students with a small stipend each semester to help with living expenses, which look much higher this year. https://wesleyan.my.site.com/donorportal/s/fund/a1s3t000005PE4GAAW/pwbc-scholarships