Cawama

Today is Sunday and we we went to Catholic Mass in Cawama. Cawama is a "compound" community outside of Lusaka. The priests, friers and sisters are in charge of the church and then also work in missions; some of which help children with disabilities. 5000 families are served by this one catholic church. There was not an empty seat in the church and people were lined up. the choir was amazingly beautiful.

One of the priests that runs this church is perhaps one of the Zambians that will be identified to be on a team to come to the U.S. this Spring. It was good to meet him and we are stying at the friery this evening so I will get to talk with him more and with his students about the disability services and what they see as their biggest needs.

Tomorrow we head up to the Copperbelt area to meet with a number of people there who are working with children and adults with disabilities. It will be good to see their programs and what they are trying to do.

Sandy's cousin Beth left today. She works at St. David's and was with Sandy all last week doing interviews and trying to identify people from Zambia who are interested in joining a team to evolve advocacy leadership among the many missionaries and family members in Zambia. After observations and interviews in the Copperbelt on Monday and Tuesday we will then host a pre-meeting on Wednesday and a more formal meeting on Thursday with possible team members to learn more about what they see as their needs and their ideas about how a mutual exchange program and leadership training could support their needs.

Look for posts from Beth and Sandy soon. More later - Amy