Church Workday and More Randomness!

Here are a few random pictures of what's been happening at New Day!

The kids got hold of my camera :)

Grace took some pics of my kids before she left!

The beginning of VBS before we split the kids into groups

Lisa and Joseph

Monte at soccer practice - the big game is tomorrow!!

I went in last night and saw the kids all reading before bedtime :)

We are decorating our office in a "travel" theme, so the kids helped us put up our new word world map!

LOTS of people at church yesterday!

This morning was a church workday (our church is building a building of their own just off our property), so the team and interns all went to help out! Here is Allison working hard with Sisi!

Phillip & Kefi taking a break!

The kids all worked hard!

Drew & Kim

They made a big fire to put some of the dead grass in

Hildah & Abby working on their day off! (today is a national holiday so no school!)

Anais, Julia, & Mandy

Monte teasing Cynthia :)

Samuel will definitely be ready for his Senior year of football!

Happy 4th from Zambia!

We had a very eventful 4th of July here at New Day!! From our water pump breaking and us being out of water for 6 hours with 60+ people on campus, to a VBS for 105 village kids, to a huge pobwe (feast) and campfire under the stars...it was quite a day! Enjoy the pics!

Ashley & Allison getting some food ready

Ashley & Cambree at the fire

Cason & Cambree hanging out with the Cooks' oldest son, Austin

A BIG campfire!

Me & Jalenn - we both graduated from the same high school, and she knew me when I was a little bitty girl! How cool that we are in Zambia together!

Debbie is back!! Look at our cute baby goat!

Check out that dessert table!

The LONG food line!

Yum!!! We had burgers, chips, potato salad, broccoli salad, pasta salad, deviled eggs, a veggie tray, and tons of dessert!!

The "young 'uns" table - Mackenzie, Drew, & Samuel hanging out

We did some work too!! Or at least Matt & Melody did!

Monte, Wayne, & Austin work on some cabinets for The Ark

Samuel telling our kids tales around their mini-campfire :)

Samuel & Nurse Mandy ready for the feast!

Wes & Blu, who spent the day fixing our water situation, were exhausted!

Cason & Papa Wes :)

The Immanuel Team

VBS Day One

The last few days have certainly been adventure-filled! We enjoyed a fabulous day in Lusaka of shopping, eating, movie watching, coffee drinking, and World Cup cheering! The next day, however, was interesting. Our team's flight was delayed by 2 hours, which meant an extra night in Lusaka. We opted for a campground outside the city, but we didn't get there until about 9pm, because NONE of team's luggage arrived, plus another 4 of the Cooks' bags!! Blu & a few others dropped us off at the campground and turned back around to head to the airport to see if the luggage had arrived on the next flight. It had (minus 2 bags), so we got up at 5am and headed to New Day, arriving at 11am. We had to make sure we were back in time for the first day of VBS! After all of that chaos/excitement/drama/adventure, we had a great afternoon at VBS with 117 kids from the villages! My camera died about 15 minutes in, but here are a few pics of the day!

Anais is taught by Kelitah & Laurie how to make a grass pinwheel

Christina, Kelitah, & Cambree ready for VBS (kinda ready...Cambree has a cold and feels awful!)

Julia headed up craft time - always a fun place to be!

This little girl in a princess costume, Brandina, hung out with Lisa

Yes, I know I am a terrible photographer!! Here is Mackenzie getting welcomed back to New Day by the kids

Monte & Drew on the soccer field!

Sweet Mr. Wayne with a pinwheel in his hat :)