The weather here has been really very pleasant. It is the dry season & they are going from winter into summer. It is nice & cool in the mornings, then heats up quickly when the sun comes out & then cools off again in the evenings. There is a light breeze blowing most of the time, so it is pretty nice. It will start heating up soon & then the rainy season starts in November. Everything here is dry & brown (although a few things are beginning their spring blooming) since they have not seen a drop of water since March. That means we must be very careful of our water usage & not waste a drop!!
One interesting thing we have here are wall spiders!! They are big flat brown spiders that sit up on the wall every evening. They tell us not to kill them as they are our friends - they eat Mosquitos!! I guess I'll put up with them as long as they stay in their area & not mine!
We had our first official Zambian meal today: Nshima (a corn meal paste), rice, boiled chicken in tomato & cooked cabbage. It was actually pretty good. Our cook, Leonard, does a great job! He is cooking mostly western foods & has made us pizza, fried chicken w/ mashed potatoes, pancakes, biscuits, cookies, & several cakes!! He & a helper cook 3 meals a day for 30 people - no small job! I have a feeling I'm not going to lose any of the weight I was hoping to on this trip!
I am still having difficulty getting pictures on my slide show. I may have to investigate another way to do pictures. Hopefully, I'll fix it soon as I want you to see for yourself what we're doing!
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