before the daylight crept into the kitchen, i poured the black, black coffee into a travel mug. i unpacked and repacked my backpack one last time, and walked outside to the waiting cab. by 7 am, jesse and i were on the plane, searching out empty rows. i was asleep in a window seat, before takeoff.
we finally arrived in lusaka around 1 pm. we cleared customs, grabbed our bags and joined jeff and jan, ethan and trevor in the waiting van. after several wrong turns, we arrived at the baptist seminary—the last missionaries to arrive at 40/40.
we were handed a green knapsack, and instructed to fill it with a set of dishes—bowl, plate, tin mug and silverware. these were ours to keep up with for the next month.
after lunch, we threw our stuff in our rooms (dorm-style, with bunk beds) and filed into the conference room. we played an icebreaker, then began orientation. we learned what to expect each day, rules and the schedule.
each pair of missionaries will be assigned a “cultural helper”—a zambian christian who will help us navigate this new culture, and act as a translator. each morning, we will have breakfast, small group bible study, then head out to the city to complete a daily field assignment, or DFA. the daily field assignment is meant to teach us how much we don’t know about the culture. most of our time will be spent observing, asking questions and learning. in the afternoons, we will have a time of debriefing and a lecture that will correspond to the next day’s DFA.
jan and jeff, our friends from nairobi, were on our 7 am flight to lusaka.
evan, trevor and jesse on the ride from the airport to the lusaka seminary that will be our home for the next two weeks.
our 40/40 schedule. notice the lack of blank space. its going to be a busy, busy month.
we finally arrived in lusaka around 1 pm. we cleared customs, grabbed our bags and joined jeff and jan, ethan and trevor in the waiting van. after several wrong turns, we arrived at the baptist seminary—the last missionaries to arrive at 40/40.
we were handed a green knapsack, and instructed to fill it with a set of dishes—bowl, plate, tin mug and silverware. these were ours to keep up with for the next month.
after lunch, we threw our stuff in our rooms (dorm-style, with bunk beds) and filed into the conference room. we played an icebreaker, then began orientation. we learned what to expect each day, rules and the schedule.
each pair of missionaries will be assigned a “cultural helper”—a zambian christian who will help us navigate this new culture, and act as a translator. each morning, we will have breakfast, small group bible study, then head out to the city to complete a daily field assignment, or DFA. the daily field assignment is meant to teach us how much we don’t know about the culture. most of our time will be spent observing, asking questions and learning. in the afternoons, we will have a time of debriefing and a lecture that will correspond to the next day’s DFA.
jan and jeff, our friends from nairobi, were on our 7 am flight to lusaka.
evan, trevor and jesse on the ride from the airport to the lusaka seminary that will be our home for the next two weeks.
our 40/40 schedule. notice the lack of blank space. its going to be a busy, busy month.
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