Thanksgiving and Zambia Photos

Cory & Fritz with students at Jembo

 The last couple of weeks flew by and suddenly I find it has been almost two weeks since we updated. Sorry. 

And the end of this week the calendars will turn to December! How different this year is for us compared to last year where everyone was planting their crops after the start of the Zambian rains. 

Here while I write, the snow is gently falling straight down as there is no wind. 

Since Cory returned from ECHO we have: participated in 3 missionary services; shopped for trvel and Thanksgiving; Fritz did a day of standardized testing and went hunting with Great Uncle Bill who shot a buck; had two family Thanksgivings; major moving of things for Mom, switching around her office to create a guest bedroom upstairs; Christmas decorating; starting to pack for the December trip; normal school and more....

Our house at Jembo

The biggest blessings last week included the family celebration of God's countless blessings in our lives over Thanksgiving meals and that Cory received his two year Zambian work permit approval!

So after the holidays as a family [we get just over three weeks with Anna!!!!] we plan to head back to Zambia. We will be serving at the same location as the last trip. 

Looking forward to connecting with the folks we know. Will be very interested to see how the gardens, flowers, orchards and house faired while we were gone.

Hoping to be able to purchase good tickets this week for mid-January return to Zambia where we plan to serve out the rest of our current term with Global Partners which ends May 2025. 

We have one more church lined up to visit: Pathway Wesleyan near Saranac Dec. 3, service at 10am.

Then the trip to Guyana/ Surname, picking Anna up on our return to Michigan. 

Family time, holiday celebration in the midst of planning, packing, playing and praying!

Haiti is still not improving. Cory talked to two of the workers at Fauche, Port Margot this week and the retirement age worker shared how difficult and strange life is now. 

Can't travel, roads are blocked to Port au Prince and The Dominican Republic, prices are high. It is like being a prisoner.

The price of rice was mentioned so I checked the current exchange rate and the price is 4 times higher using US$ than a few years ago.