Tag: driving
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Bomba On the Sabbath
Day 8 – 21st January 2023 Zimbabwe is organized into 10 provinces. These provinces are further organized into 59 districts with 1,200 wards. Within these wards are cities, towns, villages, and unincorporated settlements. Kadoma City is in the Kadoma district of the Mashonaland West province. Harare, the capital city, has its own small province as…
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Water, Fields, and Battlefields
Day 6 – 19th January 2023 The day’s task was to visit one of the church members who lives not far outside of Kadoma. Douglas Kachilima lives on his family’s plot of land in an area called Battlefields. The name comes from the history of naming local mining claims after famous battles. More than 40…
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The Highest Point in All of Kadoma
Day 5 – 18th January 2023 It was just after noon when we headed out to meet Ngoni. His family owns the land that we recently purchased. Our small plot is actually one of more than 200 plots which are part of a very large farm that has been portioned and zoned for sale in…
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Turn Left After the Baobab Tree
Day 4 – 17th January 2023 First thing’s first … wake up at a ridiculous hour to write blogs and check emails (by the way if anyone read my previous blog before I thoroughly proofread it, my apologies for the errors … my proofreader is in another time zone). Then of course … get ready…
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To Zim
Day 3 – 16th January 2023 No matter how tired I was or how comfortable my bed for the night was, I had trouble sleeping. At one point I had said goodnight to Lena, shut off the lights, and closed my eyes. Moments later I was busy thinking, praying, and writing. I finished a blog…
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Return to the Home of Comfort in Harare – Day 21
Saturday, April 30th, 2022 Early to bed, early to rise. Neither Matt nor I slept well the night before. I think the anticipation of all of the plans for the next day got to me. As I laid in bed the night before, I was trying to go over notes for the sermon I would…
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Three Trips to Town Today – Day 20
Friday, April 29th, 2022 Today was a day between travel days, a day to decompress a little, a day to reflect and to collect our thoughts. As always I took time in the morning to write and sip on a cup of coffee. As I sat in the living room I watched as each member…
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The Invention of the Cocaccino – Day 19
Thursday, April 28th, 2022 My eyes popped open at just about midnight. It was silent in our little cabin except for wind blowing ever so slightly through the window and under the door. And then the rooster roosting in a nearby bush began to crow. Off in the distance was a neighboring rooster calling back…
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Baptismal Oasis Across the Wilderness – Day 17
Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 I had woken up to some of the sounds outside, although our little cabin does well to keep much of the noise out. I tried to get some more sleep but the silent alarm on my watch insisted that I be awake. I prayed about the events of the day knowing…