Our home in Lusaka is the house of our friend Griffin Shanungu, one of Rich's ICF colleagues. It's on the outskirts of town, outside of the hustle and bustle of the city. It's on land where Griffin's father and family have lived for some years, and his parents and sisters live just up the hill. They keep goats, chickens, quail, and turkeys.Griffin has been building this new house over the past couple of years -- in fact, he tells us he was installing the kitchen sink the morning of our arrival and added many other new touches in the lead-up to our arrival (including a hot water heater--lucky us). Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, living, dining, kitchen, office. And two cute dogs: Sebastian and Rookie.
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Theo and Ian are sharing a room with Griffin's 10-year-old son Nachi. Nachi and Theo have been having fun together, playing frisbee and futbol. And the boys taught Nachi to play Ghost in the Graveyard and other tag games.
The garden is beautiful -- many flowering trees and shrubs although it is the dry season now.
(Dry season = winter, and as I type this it doesn't feel all that wintery to me: it's currently 79 and sunny, although it will dip to 53 overnight and it feels quite cool. I've got on long pants, long shirt, and fleece every night. The cement house keeps the cool, which will be great in summer but does make for a brisk night in the dry season.)
(Dry season = winter, and as I type this it doesn't feel all that wintery to me: it's currently 79 and sunny, although it will dip to 53 overnight and it feels quite cool. I've got on long pants, long shirt, and fleece every night. The cement house keeps the cool, which will be great in summer but does make for a brisk night in the dry season.)
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Following... glad you all are having safe travels, what a great experience. Cheers! Kevin
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