Our host family's dog, Tiger, and our puppy, Willow. It seems to be an unwritten rule in Zambia that animals get English names.
Tiger, we think, has got to be mostly Rhodesian Ridgeback, a dog breed that was developed here to hunt lions.
Our hen, Kalipa, and her week-old chicks. She's down to seven now, as one was killed by either a dog or a hawk.
Water
Our well, one of only two in the whole village. We usually draw water once a day.
The washing hole. We wash our dishes here, and our feet and dog downstream. The people think it's hilarious that we wash our dog, and we've gotten demands that we do it so people can watch.
BashiMutale's (our neighbor's) fishpond, just behind the well. He drained it to harvest fish and everyone came to watch, because there's not much happening in the village. In the foreground, in the red shirt, is his second oldest son, Everisto. Everisto washes our clothes for us, and I give him and his older brother Mutale English lessons. On the far left is another brother, Nicholas. The second youngest boy, Lazaro, is on the far right in the blue shirt. They're one of my favorite families.
Our House
Our sitting room and bedroom.
Fun with Iwes
The girls like playing with their Ba Chrisi's hair. Odder still, he allows them to. Celia is on the left, and her cousin and our host sister Maureeni is on the right.
Chris always comes home with a lot of sugar cane after he visits farmers. We don't eat it often, so we give it as rewards to the kids
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They like using our guava tree as a seesaw.
Hello Nikki & Chris - I greatly enjoyed reading your entries & looking at pics!! I am so glad that you enjoyed all the little toys & it seems that the kids did too!! I will call you on Aug. 30th going into Aug. 31st at 1:00am. I assume that is when you meant?? Todd said your email isn't working so I hope you get this message. We arrived back safe & sound from Maine & a good time was had by all, we missed you coming with us & remembered when we passed Oneonta how last year we stopped & picked you up! We did the usual things - antique stores, shopping @ York Beach, Freeport, Kennebunkport, playing on the beach & in the sand, eating out & having lobster with the Maine relatives. We also hiked Mt. Monadnock in New Hampshire on the way up, which took us about 4 hrs. I also sent you another package stuffed with goodies & clothes on the day, 8/6, before we left for vacation. I put in some GS cookies, Snickers candy, few more trinkets for the kids, & underwear & tank tops & couple shirts for you. Let me know if there is something you desperately need & I will try to send it!? Well have to get to bed, I work concession stand tomorrow at Heather's gymnastics.
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