Tuesday we went to Siachitema Pilgrim Wesleyan Mission. The government has built a new secondary school here. The new school is filled with desks and books from the containers. To show their gratitude for all the things sent from the US, the community put on a dedication type of program. The entire community came out including all the school children, many pastors, teacher, parents and his Royal Highness Chief of the Chiefdom of Siachitema. The school choir sang the national anthem, the church praise team sang also. There were speeches by many people including pastors, PTA president, and His Royal Highness. His Royal Highness even invited us to his palace on a future trip! They provided us a delicious lunch that of course included nshima. We also met a young American girl named Erin Cromer. She is a peace corps volunteer on a 3 year commitment with the community of Siachitema. She said compared other volunteers, she has it
easy with no electricity, no running water etc. She is only 1 hour from town, others are 12 hours or more from town!
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