March 13 "No food and K12 on the phone..."

Well, today was the day you were all waiting in anticipation for, I’m sure, as today was my Zambian musical debut. J After Pastor M had pleaded for a pianist last week, I stepped up to the plate and played for the service this week. With a keyboard that didn’t connect to the amp until half way through the service and a G note on the main octave that didn’t work, it was quite an experience. But considering the members thanked me and invited me to play more in the future, I would say it went swimmingly, even those few times it seemed like T was the only one singing to my notes……hahah. Besides that, church was very enjoyable, as always. The choirs just sing so beautifully, and I convinced T to record some of their songs for me today. J The message seemed very fitting, as well, as it was about how God never forsook or left Jacob, even when he went far away from his home country…

After church, again the weather decided we didn’t need to tan or bike, so it decided to rain most of the day. This limited us to lesson planning and hanging out inside. T and I came up with some spectacular addition chants to teach our kids this week, if I do say so myself! Brace yourself for a few of the introduction line examples: “If you’re alive, gimme a 5!” “When you’re in a fix, here comes six” and “Ten, ten do it again!” Don’t worry, your wait is only a few months before you can hear me perform these renditions in person. J Also, since we were completely out of food and Mrs. A is gone, a venture to the market in the rain was a must. Our successful trip to the market meant that we now have food to eat! And the rain was minimal on the walk! Hurray!

The evening was a bit more entertaining than the afternoon, but not much. Since we were out of food, we ventured into pizza delivery in Lusaka. Success! We even got garlic cheese bread. J Ahhh, the comforts of Americanish food in Zambia! And we had not one, but TWO power outages for a few minutes tonight. There was also an international toll free phone call that needed to be made because my silly debit card thought it was stolen when I tried to book a hostel online. My mother investigated for me and found out that the card thought it was being used in Ireland instead of Victoria Falls! Silly debit card, Trix are for kids! hahah J When I finally connected to the phone number via my Zambian telephone and almost had everything squared away, I ran out of talk time. Lovely. My phone currently has K12 on it. For those of you who are not extraordinary kwacha convertors, that’s about a fourth of a cent! Oops…..I guess the calls will have to be continued tomorrow!