Once a year our cluster gets together for a meeting. For us we actually start preparing for this meeting a week before it starts. Actually, three weeks before, I started putting some baked goods in the freezer. The Monday before the meeting we got the vehicle cleaned, all our laundry done, and packed up.
On Tuesday March 20th, we left Mbala around 10 AM. We only traveled 1 1/2 hours to Kasama. Steve was not going to be back from this trip in time for certain deadlines. So we needed to stop here and take care of things early. First stop: DMV. That is what it is called in America anyways. This would be the 3rd time Steve has stopped here to get the trailer inspected/papers for the next year. The first time it was too early: meaning the old papers are still good for some time yet and they wouldn’t do it. I think the second time, Steve stood in line for forever and got tired of it. He decided, we don’t need it until this trip, so left. This time the line was moving and he got it all done. This time also the guy actually came out and looked at the trailer and we had to turn on all the lights!!!! They never come out and look at things. We have gotten the trailer inspection before and didn’t even have the trailer with us.
We stayed in the mission’s house over night. We come to realize that where we live in Mbala is a quiet part of town. We were just falling to sleep when a fight broke out next door. I was wishing for our dog Vern, I was wishing for imbedded broken glass on the wall and barbed wire, and I was wishing for a higher wall. The guard was great and knew what was going on. It became a chance to pray for the widow lady next door, for her safety, her salvation, and for her family. Alcohol was the problem. Alcohol is a big problem here in this country.
Wednesday we drove to Lusaka.
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