July 1st (Sunday)

It’s the first day of July and Canada Day! It’s quite strange to be out of the country on Canada Day. It is a first for me to not be in Canada on July 1st, but I am very grateful to be here in Zambia and value the experiences gained that I never would have had if I stayed in Canada. It is also Sunday so we went to the church building just up the hill from the house. There was a definite increase in the amount of people (mostly additional women) as there was a women’s conference going on this weekend located at the colony here on the mission.

Once again it was a very enjoyable breaking of bread meeting. The majority of it is in another language, however, I can pray silently my thanksgiving to the Lord for the great sacrifice of His death on the cross as the others are doing so in their own language. Also, the songs are in another language but the tunes are usually the same and the words are phonetically spelled so we can sing along. The singing is wonderful here, I know God enjoys the joyful noise made to Him from Chitokoloki. After the meeting was over it is followed by a short break and then the gospel meeting is immediately afterwards.

We then went back to the house and had leftovers for lunch as we (Fiona and I especially) were starving. We again spent the afternoon outside and missed going to Sunday School but we don’t really get to do too much there anyways. Then in the evening we had supper and I made beaver tails to celebrate Canada Day and they turned out very well! We also put on any red and white or Canadian type clothes and had our own little celebration. Very thankful and proud to be born in and call Canada my home!//