A Buncha NunSense

Monday, January 19, 2009







The photos above are of Presentation Sister Numba's widow farm near Kalomo. Numba is a young Zambian Presentation Sister living with us in Kalomo. She is a teacher and teaches in one of the local schools. When she first arrived in Kalomo 4 years or so ago, she started a grief support group for widows in the parish. There were a good number of them. This grief support group gradually talked about their needs and one of them was how to get land to plant maize and vegetables so they could feed their children. Over the years Numba has purchased land to create a farm, and together the women work the land and then share the produce. They call it Numba's widow farm. It is amazing.

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  • Great to hear from you. Always love to read your blog. Sounds like things are going good there. Wow, you will be coming home in about three weeks. Can you belive it? Did the time go fast for you? Seems like you've been gone along time but yet the time just keeps slipping away. The school year is going to be here and gone.soon. Not much new here, the weather is getting better. We even had a nice melting weekend and lost lots of snow. So, hey at least its not freezing.... Just been busy with school activities. Garry goes back to Sioux Falls this week to see his doctor. Will be good to see how he thinks things are going. I think he looks like he's feeling alot better. Still alittle pale but stronger and more energy. Hopefull everything is how it should be. Well, I need to keep going and get to the store and get a hair cut. Talk again soon. lori

    By Anonymous Anonymous, At January 20, 2009 at 1:50 PM  

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