Connor’s Africa Service Trip

Yesterday was an all-day training with Mothers Without Borders up in Draper. Members from all three of the groups (April, June, and July) were in attendance. Each group has a max of 20 people, and some were missing, so we had about 50 people there getting trained.

Talk about information overload! There was a lot of material to cover, and I’m still processing all of it. It was great to meet with other people—both those who have been to Zambia before and those who are first-timers like myself—to see what type of people I’ll be serving and spending time with while over there.

The highlight of the day for me was learning a Zambian song about how great God is, and how you can search the world over (even as far as America, as the song says) and you won’t find somebody as good as Jesus:

Mwamba mwamba mwama eya mwamba mwamba o jesu ndi eya mwama
Nina peza America yo se nina yenda o jesu ndi eya mwamba

My brother went with me; he will be in Africa for three months this summer, while I will only be there for three weeks.

I also got my plane tickets! Just like getting when I got my ticket to Honduras in the MTC, I now am super excited about the trip and wish it were sooner! Counting down the days…