Last Sunday and last day at church. It was a very nice sermon on Romans 1:16 (I am not ashamed of the gospel). Pastor had some funny and applicable anecdotes about smoking and Shake-Shake (alcohol). I didn’t do too badly on playing the keyboard, either; it even worked the entire time! Usually it turns off sometime when I’m playing….However, the page did blow over in the middle of one of the hymns I was playing, so that made for an interesting verse. T and I joined in with the choir for the final time, even with skipping practice yesterday. Thankfully, we didn’t sing any of the songs from last week, but mostly ones we “know.” T and I both got goosebumps on one of the songs, too. I guess that’s what happens when you know the words. J The dancing didn’t go too badly either. There was one dance and song I missed and I was glad, though, because I’d never heard the song and the dance was really confusing. I had to miss it because I played the hymn while the choir got communion and then they started singing while I got communion. I guess it was God’s way of watching over me to not make a fool of myself during the Communion song. J After the service, the Pastor said a nice thank you and goodbye to us in front of the church, as well as the Chairman in his speech. It was really nice. J They wished we were here for a year so that I could teach “organ.” Don’t know if that would have happened! It was getting really emotional and I was sad to leave for the reception line out of church, except that we didn’t have it today because they had a congregational meeting instead. Once T and I figured this out, we slid out the side door and that was that. I’m going to miss that church. Everyone was so nice and the pastor gave very good messages every week.
After church, T and I decided to go on our final minibus excursion to the Sunday market. (sob.) There were a few things that needed crossing off of the fun to do list, too. We went to Manda Hill to eat at Mugg and Bean. We wish we had eaten there sooner; it was delicious! Very American place. Reminded me of home. Next on the to do list was to ride the escalator at the mall. Yes, it sounds silly, but there’s an escalator in Zambia. That’s unheard of. All the locals ride it to the top level (there’s nothing there) and back down, so we did, too. Next on the list was to go to Mr. Price because it looked like a good store. Again, we wished we would have gone in sooner! Lots of cute clothes and things that reminded me of the States. Surprisingly, most of the clothing stores in the malls were really expensive, so we didn’t shop in the mall much. We quickly walked over to Arcades to head to a movie that the Internet said was there, but sadly, we were mistaken. The ticket takers looked at us like we were crazy when we asked to see the movie. Guess that proves to us to not always trust the Internet!
It was a good thing that we didn’t hit the movies because we wouldn’t have finished all our shopping! We picked up our specially ordered bags from last week. They’re super cute. I love them. J The ladies recognized us today and gave us big hugs too. And one of them said she was making purses for us out of the leftover material, but we won’t be able to pick them up next week! Sweet thought though. J Shopping was interesting today. Bartering seemed much harder. Lots of sob stories. And lots of guys trying to stop me to talk to them. Two of them held my hand, in fact, and one with fingers interlaced. A step up from the guy doing the same thing last week! And another guy gave me a hug because he was trying to sell something to me and I had bought something from him yesterday. Oh man. But yeah, final souvenirs were bought for those lucky readers out there. Sunday market = checkmark. Our last check of the day was heading to Times Cafe to enjoy a beverage. We had heard it was a good place to head too, and even at 5 pm it was packed! Our minibus ride back (last one!) was way less eventful than last week’s ride, and we even had leg room and only three people on a seat! The driver was playing this song over and over that was a montage of American songs, with shnipets of Zambian things in there like Shake Shake and Shoprite. It was quite hilarious. J
When we returned, Mrs. A had dinner for us. (Sausage. Not my favorite. If you look closely in the trees behind the old guest house, you may find part of the sausage. Or it might be gone. Maybe the galu got to it already!) Then we decided to be reminiscent and lay out all our souvenirs to see the collection of the past three months and decide (for the final time hopefully!) what everyone will be getting back in the States. Man, have we acquired a lot! I hope it all fits! After the souvenir extravaganza, T and I watched Happy Feet while I chatted (or tried to, the Internet hated me) with a friend in Germany and my sis. I stayed up late to chat with my fam around midnight, read a bit, and went to bed pretty late (for here), glad that I could sleep in tomorrow.
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