Entry 6- 6/30/08

Another cold, but beautiful morning. There isn't much for me to do right now. The leaders have been stocking the truck and packing luggage. I forgot to mention a few things earlier. On Saturday night, we had a traditional Zambian dinner called Sheema (Nsima) which is made of this maize meal that is white and sort of looks like mashed potatoes but with a different consistency. You eat it with your hands and dip it into this amazing sauce with vegetables. There was also a cabbage dish and it was all incredible! And then last night, Tarin and Emily spent most of the afternoon cooking up an amazing Mexican dinner with homemade salsa, guacamole, and homemade corn chips. There was spanish rice, and then vanilla ice cream and brownies. We had a debriefing for the three people leaving today (Jared, Kayleen, and Shane) and we laid hands on them and Ryan annointed them with oil. After dinner, we kind of relaxed a bit and watched the finals of a soccer championship between Spain and Germany. Betram was so funny; He really wanted Spain to win and Pastor Fred and Ryan were voting for Germany. I guess Spain won, 1-0. I didn't watch the whole thing; I was too tired and also homesick for Mike. Everyone here has been together for nearly a month and even though I have had some great conversations with most of them, it's still lonely at times, like right now, when everyone is hanging around together.