As I type we are having a massive downpour here at Riverside. We (Liz, Mark, Jeremy, and me) wanted to climb the mountain today, but then we looked up and saw some huge rainclouds headed this way and changed our minds pretty quick. So, Liz and I came to the internet.

Yesterday’s trip to Lusaka was pretty good. Still no student permit. One of the guys that works at the office there is supposed to be hunting for it for me now, because it should be here by now. So, just had to go to immigration and get another stamp in my passport. Meaning I’m still technically visiting the country. Other than that, we bought a lot of groceries, some air time, and went shopping for chitenges (wrap around skirts – more or less). The guys got the girls flowers for Valentine’s day – pretty sure Alan was behind that one, but it was sweet either way. Then of course last night was vespers at church, then we went up to Alan and Pauline’s house for popcorn and visited for a while which was nice.

This morning the guys made pancakes for everyone at Alan and Pauline’s as kind of a Valentine’s Day treat. They were good! Alan made this mango topping (it had something else in it, just don’t know what it was) that was really good as a smoothie or on pancakes, then there was peanut butter and syrup and nutella and peaches and… we were stuffed. Then we had church and potluck with more amazing food and now its internet time.

There’s a pretty good possibility that Alex, Darby, Liz, Jeremy, Mark, and Myself will be heading down to Harare weekend after next to help out with some stuff that needs done at a place that a friend of Alex, Darby, and Jeremy’s is working at right now. Liz and I would have to talk to Ernest and Godfrey to see if that’s alright, since they are the people we work with in Lushomo and we’ve got a commitment out there, but we’re really hoping to get to go. And, Liz needs to take a few things down to give to a Doctor friend down there so that would work out perfectly. We’ll spend a weekend there and take some stuff down because the situation in Zimbabwe isn’t great right now and stuff is either ridiculously priced or unavailable. So that would be really good. They basically have stuff like tiling, building, painting, repair work, and 14 infants that need to be cared for etc… I’m excited at the thought.

Still don't know how we are getting back to Lushomo... that woud be good to know. Anywho... gotta run.