21 September 2008

Andy and Ashlee celebrated their two year wedding anniversary on 17 September. They had to go to Solwezi to write their quarterly report so they decided to stay at a hotel for the night. Ashlee said they had plans to some things, but after they got in their room they found out their AC has a remote control so they jumped in bed, cranked up the AC and watched ESPN all night. She said they watched PTI, Around the Horn and several other shows as well as a bunch of stuff about baseball that they didn’t really care about but watched anyway. Andy found some nori when he was in Lusaka getting a tooth fixed the week before so they had some sushi for their anniversary. That has been their tradition. I had sent two sets of the chopsticks from their wedding that they also used. That was a special reminder for them. The next day they stayed at the provincial house. They ran into a man selling strawberries so they bought a bunch and ended up making all kinds of strawberry dishes. Andy also fried some chicken which was delicious.

They had just had a meeting with their village that was very well attended so they were thrilled with that when we talked to them. Sometimes they don’t get very good turn outs and that is frustrating. They had 13 women, 4 men and several children. They were teaching about conservation farming. They gave them seeds as a part of a project where they give them seeds one time and then they have to learn how to glean them from their crop for the next year.

They are already planning for our family for visit next April and Ashlee has been talking with the village women about preparing us a Zambian meal when we are there. I think we are all getting excited about it!