Thursday, June 9, 2016

ARRIVAL TO GRACE We arrived at the airport in Ndola, which is the city closest to Grace Academy, at 3:30pm on Tuesday afternoon. After going through customs and getting our baggage (and thankfully all 6 of our hockey bags full of supplies arrived) we were met by Spider, the driver for Grace. He drove us back to Grace and we noticed on the drive that absolutely nothing has changed here in the 3 years since our last visit! When we arrived at Grace Academy, we unloaded and noticed how quiet it was. I asked where all of the children were, and I found out that they keep them in school until 4pm now so that they have less time after school to get bored as there is not a lot for them to do. When the kids got out of school we had a wonderful time reconnecting with everyone. The children were all excited telling each other that Auntie Lisa was back and this of course made me feel wonderful. There were lots of hugs and handholding as we all chatted and visited. At 5pm the children all went into the cafeteria for dinner while we got settled into our rooms. I am in a room with 2 sets of bunk beds and lots of mosquito nets! The shower was hot for 5 mins and then we ran out of hot water! I went to bed at 7pm as I was so exhausted from our long journey over. It has been a wonderful welcome back to this beautiful "place of Grace" and tomorrow we will continue to get ourselves settled.

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