It's been a while...

6/7 - 6/11

Saturday - It's always a blessing to have some of America in Zambia. Well the Pro Beach Volleyball Tour was all that anyone could've hoped for and more! We had some amazing bump, set, spike action. We topped it off with Coke and sweets.

We also worked on Maverick... the center bolt was still messed up and we needed to get the truck ready for Botswana... Diesel is like roughly twice as cheap so driving to Botswana is well worth it to buy fuel.

Sunday - We had church at the base, Ciaran gave the word. Then we played soccer against Nsongwe Village. We lost 1-0. It was unfortunate. There was nothing I could do to stop it. There was a breakdown 10 yards out where it was a 2-0 with only me to beat.

Monday - Wednesday - In the morning we had diesel mechanics and in the afternoons we had cultural studies. Cultural studies is very interesting. We are learning about the many different cultures of the world and specifically Africa Tribal Religions. Then in the evenings we worked on Maverick and got caught up with our loads of homework.

Last night was Ciaran's birthday party. It was a guys night out. We went to a restaurant with small portions and then decided we would stop at another restaurant to top off our stomachs. During our second stop we realized that there were only girls on base... that means terror for Ciaran's tent. We returned to base just before midnight and it's an Overland tradition to soak the person whose birthday it is. Ciaran had his camera and phone on him. I asked to see his photos and then Charlie took a big pitcher of water and dumped it on him. It was very hilarious. A good night all around.

Today we found out that Ciaran went to bed (wet, no less) to see some pranks in his tent... a bed full of beans, tp everywhere, and a few other things...