**Jetlag+File management complications = blog silence these past few days. But we’re back! And jumpstarting the stories with a Sunday afternoon treat.
For a bit of perspective – Out in Hamaundu ADP (World Vision’s Area Development Program) the roads we drove on looked most often like these.
We bounced around corners and up and down hills – at times the road narrowed to a single track trail. But our faithful World Vision drivers never failed to turn around the final bend and introduce us to a vibrant community of people eager to share their lives with us.
On Monday afternoon we were midway between two villages when our drivers stopped at an “intersection” and people piled in the back of the truck and rode along with us. While they rode they sang. When we took the final turn and arrived at our target village they all piled out. We learned that they are World Vision Hygiene Promoters: an all-volunteer group of community leaders who work to bring sustainable WASH to their villages. They’d met up with us in order to have a meeting with Isaac, Hamaundu ZWASH Coordinator (AKA one of our drivers and trip organizers). We’ll be telling you much more about these remarkable people and their work as we continue to tell our trip stories. But first ….
When they got out of the truck at our destination we asked if we could record their singing. They were willing and delighted to “travel to America in Jennifer’s video camera!” So without further ado – The Hygiene Promoters sing 2 numbers. The first is roughly translated to be a song about working together with their children – striving to reach their goals. The second is about preparing yourself and helping me to prepare for the return of Christ.
