Retirement Party

My DSHS family gave me a wonderful retirement party Wednesday. The cake was great....the well wishes were better.  Pics to come later.

Baba Yetu The Lion King II

For Caedmon, Cambree and Cason

Excerpt from the Wilcox blog

"........New Day is off the main road, which is a dirt road, about a mile. It is completely surround by rural villages. It is not the prettiest place in the world with all the tall grass, red dirt and thorn trees everywhere, but the sunsets are amazing, and the skies on a clear night are brilliant........."         

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Choma is a market town in the Southern Province of Zambia, lying on the main road and railway from Lusaka to Livingstone. It is home to a small museum dedicated to the cultural heritage of the Tonga people of southern Zambia. The population of Choma is said to be about 40,000 people and it serves as the commercial hub for the central region of the province. The Nkanga River Conservation Area lies nearby.
Choma is also the headquarters of a district of the same name. Most of the district lies at 1400 metres above sea level. It has the typical climate of southern Zambia with temperatures between 14°C and 28°C and sunshine ranging between 9 and 12 hours per day. The highest temperatures occur between the beginning of October and the end of December. Once the rains start, temperatures tend to fall, partly because of the rain and partly due to the often heavy cloud cover. The lowest temperatures are usually recorded in June and July.

The rains generally start in the middle of October and continue through up to the beginning of April. Rainfall reaches its peak around January after which it diminishes slightly up to the beginning of April when usually it ceases entirely. Choma has an average rainfall of 800 mm of which 369 mm falls in January and February. There are variations in total rainfall and rainfall patterns from year to year and even in a particular season. These variations can have a major impact on crop yield. Humidity falls to about 33% until the onset of rains in October after which it skyrockets to about 77% in February. Humidity nosedives once the rains cease in April. The wind is predominantly from the east and south-west, and to a lesser degree from the north-east. The strength of the wind from these directions can be comparatively strong.

Blog is up!

Blog is up and running! If you have any questions please contact me on face book....Deb Walters...or email me at dwalters44@juno.com.   



Blu and Darbi are headed home next week for a much deserved break and time with their families.



                                 


A new....New Day Family will be joining the Wilcoxes from October 5 to December 19.

                               

Read more about the Moran family on Darbies blog. .....view right side of page under blog list  The Tidwells from (A)merica to (Z)ambia


Check out the Wilcoxes blog to learn more about them! http://wilcoxzambia.blogspot.com/

God's Time

Allred #21 is over and every part of my body hurt, including my eyelashes, as we drove home yesterday afternoon. The body aches and sleep deprivation are all worth it because there are 42 guys that have been introduced or reintroduced to our BFF Jesus.  It is also time we get to spend with our Kairos family. We get to cook, count cookies, put together prayer chains, wash a never ending sea of dishes and spend quiet time in Chapel. I will miss my Kairos family very much.

 .Kairos (καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning the right or opportune moment (the supreme moment). The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former refers to chronological or sequential time, the latter signifies a time in between, a moment of indeterminate time in which something special happens.  The travelers on the road to Emmaus experienced Kairos time. Allred #21 was Kairos time

GRACE

Today has been a wonderful day. Not feeling well so I stayed home and spent the entire day resting, reflecting and studying.  Wrote the "skeleton" of a talk on Grace that I will be giving in two weeks. Grace has taken care of every "opportunity" I listed on previous blogs. Grace is allowing me to travel to Zambia for two years. One of the talking points is what is keeping us from accepting the grace of God. What is keeping you from accepting this free gift. Let me know what "grace" means to you.