Snapshots from the Seminary

The picture above was taking during our initial assessment day with the seminary wives.  Here is a handful of the eighteen total seminary wives we are blessed to work with every day.  This classroom is where Melanie and I host our English sessions.  Eighteen desks and women crammed into this tiny classroom definitely makes things nice and cozy!  These women are such a joy to be around it makes the cozy quarters all worth the while. 

As Mel and I enjoy the weather here in Lusaka, we enjoy tutoring outside under a canopy near Mrs. Nyrenda’s kitchen.  The canopy is often the only thing between us and the torrential downpour.  Despite all the rain, these children show up for each and every tutoring session.  Melanie and I have also caught children climbing the trees that overlook our tutoring area.  They are so joyful and motivated to learn!

The chapel is such a beautiful sight but what happens inside the chapel is the most powerful piece.  Every morning at 7:30am all of the seminarians gather together to listen to a twenty minute chapel.  Although the accents are a little challenging to catch on to at times, I am so inspired by the work that God is doing with these men and their families.  Melanie and I get goose bumps every time we hear them singing praises to God.   They are all so musically gifted and their harmony is amazing!

“I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.”  Psalm 104:33

Although we have never seen the inside of the seminary housing besides Mrs. Nyrenda’s house, Melanie and I are in awe that a family of six can live in a house that seems so small!  Pictured above is a group of four of the houses that the seminarians and their families live in.