It's Coming to an End

Well, I am in my last few days here in Zambia and I both sad and excited. I am looking forward to returning to the states and talking to my family and friends and being able to share about my experiences here. On Tuesday afternoons Kathleen runs a women's club - Chiwemwe Ladies - where they gather to make beads and necklaces and sew together handbags made out of plastic bags. This is a time for the women to share with one another, to have an oral Bible lesson, but it also provides these women, who normally have nothing, with income - some with a way to provide for their families, for very few to suppliment their husbands income. It was such an blessing to spend time with these women, to just share that space - I did very little talking, but I was able to just be with them and to observe and learn. They also shared songs with me and some dancing - that was fun. I had to say my first good-byes to them on Tuesday. They prayed for my journey home and they prayed that I would not forget them or their stories.

Tomorrow I say good-bye to the teachers whom I have worked beside for the past 5 weeks, I am sad to do this, but I am excited for what these teachers are doing and their work with the children and what they have taught me and what I was able to share about creative arts in therapy.