Weekend Events 7/16-7/17

Saturday was an incredible day spent in Kalambwe, a small village 30 minutes from Sancta Maria. John, Josh, Tom, Jim, and Andy all worked with the local men to build and put up the trusses that will support the roof. It was amazing to see the interaction between everyone. Laughter and smiles are a universal language. While part of the group worked on the church the others played and interacted with the people from the village. We painted fingernails; young and old, male and female. It didn't matter EVERYONE wanted their nails painted. And I mean everyone!!  We had to have painted close to 300 fingernails. Maybe even more. We also played soccer, jumped rope and colored with the children. It was a fabulous day. We ended the day with another beautiful bonfire. 

Sunday was a day much needed day of rest! We went to mass in the morning. It was a beautiful, song-filled 3 hour mass!  In the afternoon we had some fun time playing with the kids. Josh and Alisha played soccer. Kendal and Sho played basketball and Suzanne, Marie, Jim and Scott played jump rope with the kids. Suzanne even had her hair done by two of the grade 9 girls. Later that night we roasted marshmallows around the bonfire, sang some beautiful songs with the beautiful music from Andy and his guitar and played some games. Another beautiful day spent in Lukulu.