Happy Canada Day

well good morning...this is the second time in two years that i am in zambia for canada day...last time was in 2008 and i decorated the house of moses with canada flags and stickers and taught a couple of the staff O Canada...since i dont really have any canada stuff this time i think it will be a little more low key...although i told a couple ppl that they should wear red and white today...maybe if i find time today i might be able to get out to the canadian embassy here in zambia...but i doubt i will have time to..

but it has been a very long time since i have last updated this blog...i am truly sorry bout that but i have been extremely busy this month of june..since june 3 we have had teams here non stop...the only reason i am able to write right now is that the team is off to livingstone for the week...we have had about 15 people on average here from NA this whole month so the house of moses has been FULL and busy...but it has been great

all of our three homes are doing good...the one good thing bout having the teams here is that i am usually the one to be showing them around to all the three homes so i get to visit each home on a regular basis...each home is overflowing with kids and we are beyond capacity at each home...although this may sound bad we always say..if they dont come into our homes where else would they be...either left in the garbage dumps or left on the street alone..so being a little crowded isnt that bad at all...i believe the house of martha (4-14yrs) has about 43 children this week.. bill and bette bryant(2-4) has 27 and house of moses(0-2) has 36. But with the new homes at house of martha and bill and bette complete and with LARGE outdoor yards it really doesnt seem as crowded as it did a couple of yrs ago..

Well being here in zambia during the world cup is soemthing else...everyone here is SOO excited for ghana and we were cheering when they beat the USA...haha i loved it..sorry to any american friends...my main team is still netherlands..and will be wearing orange on friday...

well this weekend is the girls soccer tournament...every year the girls in grade seven from the community schools that we sponsor get together for the month of june and have a tournament and then on the first sat in july the final game is played...so the team comes back friday afternoon and then we are all going to go out and watch...everyone is pretty excited about it..i went to the tournament 3 yrs ago and i had a blast...

well i hope everyone has had a good month of june...hope ur first half of 2010 was good and may God bless u all in the next half of the year to come

Blessings from Zambia
thanks for all your continued prayer and support
-Banda