Arrival in Zambia

On June 26th we arrived in Zambia at 12:50pm. The flights from the US to London, London to South Africa, and South Africa to Zambia were all uneventful. Our personal transitions between flights went great, however our luggage did not make the plane from S Africa to Zambia. We had been praying that we would not have problems getting through customs. It was a breeze since we only had our carry-on bags with us. God answers prayer in mysterious ways. We were thankful that we had packed an extra set of clothes for everyone in our carry-ons. Our bags did arrive in Zambia the next day but we were not able to get them sent from Lusaka to Kitwe, five hours drive north. Our co-workers, the Haflers, were traveling through Lusaka on Sunday, July 1st and were able to collect all our bags without incident and bring them to us.

During our first few days we stayed with the Bill Knipe family. Our children enjoyed playing with their two children, Jonathan 2, and Anna 6 months. The beginning of July we moved to Garneton, about 10 km north of Kitwe, to live in the home of another missionary family who is currently in the States for furlough.