Cornerstone

So we've now been back in Zambia for about 2 months and a lot has happened in such a short period of time. I'm going to try and catch you guys up over the next few posts.  As I mentioned in my first post, we traveled to the villages right after we moved into our new home. Bob Whitsitt, the Executive Director of Serving & Outreach at Christ UMC in Memphis, came to visit us. It was a busy week filled with new experiences, bumpy roads, long hours and lots of fun! Since so much happened during the time that Bob was here I'm going to start with my favorite day of that week. This post is about one of the coolest (for lack of a better word) things I've ever experienced...

We got to help lay the foundation for a new clinic in Ndui village! Without clean, safe drinking water provided by CUMC Memphis and Water 282 this would not have been possible. It was an absolute honor to be there to celebrate with the people of Ndui village as they came together and started the groundwork of something amazing. The entire day I was reminded of the following bible verse:

Ephesians 2:19-21 "So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord."

It was truly a day I will never forget. Now I will let the pictures do the rest of the talking :).

At the clinic site after the celebration
Above: Me, Jacob, Dr. Alfred Kalembo (Bishop of PWC Zambia), Chief Mnukwa, Bob Whitsitt
Below: Rev. Alex Mbewe, Counselor 

Laying the foundation for the clinic 

Me with two of the village warriors. They performed traditional N'goni dances during the ceremony and even did a marriage dance for Jacob & me. 

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