Today we travelled 4 hours and 56 minutes to Kitwe for Dr. Elaine to check a little boy named Enoch for admission to the Rafiki Village. This little boy's 5 year old sister, Judith, is already here. The paper work for guardianship is in the works and hopefully in a month he will be integrated into a family. His mother has died and the grandmother who has TB is giving her grandchildren a place to be lovingly cared for and educated. Today, we met a man named Justin who was instrumental in getting Rafiki started in Zambia. The trip was long but there is something special about God allowing me to witness the rescuing of a chosen child.
It was ironic as we were at the clinic examining him we heard a loud marching band coming to an area in front of the clinic. They were doing a pep rally for Planned Parenthood. We were there for life and they to snuff it out.
It was an interesting trip to see this part of Zambia. Kitwe is a cooper mining town. We travelled through 7 police check points. There were markets along the way. They were watermelons, pineapple, tomatoes, onions, figs, raw peanuts, and honey being sold along the roadway. Then we also saw chickens, goat meat, birds for sale and also a live rat. We went passed the coffee fields and the grain fields. I even saw combines and tractors. It reminded me of travel at home before the cut out all the trees. The jacaranda trees were in full purple bloom . That watermelon cost me 20,000 kwatchas ( about 4$) On the way home we stopped for coffee in Lusaka. The coffee is wonderful here. I even had a heart drawn in the foam of my cappuccino. You haven't tasted a good cup of cappuccino unless you have had one in Africa.
We left at 5:15 am and got home at 8:30 pm. It was a day filled with abundant blessings. a time of sharing and reflection as were travelled with Dave and Nancy, the Rafiki staff here. How great is the work that God is doing here. Today, it is a small ripple, but one day it will be a tidal wave.
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