Kalomo High School Pupil 2008[ed note: as is common with Zambians, Rich & Sue are called Mr. & Mrs. Richard! We were called, Mr. & Mrs. Bill. I have not edited Adrien's report.]
It was during this 3rd term when Mr. and Mrs. Richard promised all the grade 12’s who are sponsored by ZMF-C a tour to Livingstone. They immediately started organizing for the tour. They first talked to the headmaster at Kalomo High School so that he could allow the pupils to go for a tour. Mr. Muhali the headmaster was not all that tough and he allowed the pupils to go for a tour. Now there a problem of transport. It took about 3 weeks for Mr. and Mrs. Richard to find transport.
On 25the October 2008, just after celebrating our Independence on the past day, we started our long waited journey which at last came. We started round 06:00 hours with the Namwianga bus. I could see that most people in the bus smiling because most of them had never had a chance to see Livingstone and therefore this offer was a real inspiration in their life. We had Mr. Moono as our driver who drove us with the all the best care he had. On our way to Livingstone we had a few songs. Most of the songs which the pupils sang were in Tonga and that was somehow a problem to Mr. and Mrs. Richard who had started learning the language although they were not so good at speaking it. Anyway I saw the smiles on their face which showed that they enjoyed the songs.
When we reached Zimba we stopped to get another pail there but unfortunately the boys was no where to be seen. We left with out the boy san continued on our journey. The road form Zimba to Livingstone is terribly band and Mr. Moono had to drive at the least speed. We reached Livingstone around 10:00 hours. The first place we went to was the Mosi - o Tunya National Park. We saw a lot of animals like hippos in the Zambezi River. Impalas, chimpanzee, monkeys, giraffes. We were lucky we had a chance to see the zebra and a warthog. We were unfortunate in that we had no chance to see the elephants or Rhinos because we were late.
We had our breakfast around 12:00 hours in the park and after the breakfast in the part we started off for the Victoria Falls where we had a lot of fun there as well. The last part we saw at the Victoria Falls was the “boiling point”. From the boiling point it was somehow tough for the girls (including Mrs. Richard!) to make the climb to the top because they were tired.
From the Victoria Falls we went to the Crocodile Farm. We leant a lot of things about crocodiles. We learned their names and how they were given those names. We learned about how to avoid getting harmed by crocodiles. Then we went to see the snakes. There were different types of snakes and we learned about how poisonous they are to people. We also learned about the places they could be found.
At last we went to Spar and it was there that Mr. and Mrs. Richard bought us lunch. We then went to the airport but we were unfortunate to find that all the planes had already left. We took our lunch there and a few pupils cold not mange to eat the food that was prepared (submarine sandwiches – but no fear in a group of teenagers – there was not a bite left!). After lunch we went and got ice cream cones. The ice-cream was also new to a few pupils, but anyway they enjoyed themselves!
Finally we were on our way coming back to school. We travelled safely and we reached school around 19:00 hours. We thank Mr. and Mrs. Richard for all they had done to us. We had really enjoying living with them. A life without them will be hard. May God bless them in everything they do.
It was during this 3rd term when Mr. and Mrs. Richard promised all the grade 12’s who are sponsored by ZMF-C a tour to Livingstone. They immediately started organizing for the tour. They first talked to the headmaster at Kalomo High School so that he could allow the pupils to go for a tour. Mr. Muhali the headmaster was not all that tough and he allowed the pupils to go for a tour. Now there a problem of transport. It took about 3 weeks for Mr. and Mrs. Richard to find transport.
On 25the October 2008, just after celebrating our Independence on the past day, we started our long waited journey which at last came. We started round 06:00 hours with the Namwianga bus. I could see that most people in the bus smiling because most of them had never had a chance to see Livingstone and therefore this offer was a real inspiration in their life. We had Mr. Moono as our driver who drove us with the all the best care he had. On our way to Livingstone we had a few songs. Most of the songs which the pupils sang were in Tonga and that was somehow a problem to Mr. and Mrs. Richard who had started learning the language although they were not so good at speaking it. Anyway I saw the smiles on their face which showed that they enjoyed the songs.
When we reached Zimba we stopped to get another pail there but unfortunately the boys was no where to be seen. We left with out the boy san continued on our journey. The road form Zimba to Livingstone is terribly band and Mr. Moono had to drive at the least speed. We reached Livingstone around 10:00 hours. The first place we went to was the Mosi - o Tunya National Park. We saw a lot of animals like hippos in the Zambezi River. Impalas, chimpanzee, monkeys, giraffes. We were lucky we had a chance to see the zebra and a warthog. We were unfortunate in that we had no chance to see the elephants or Rhinos because we were late.
We had our breakfast around 12:00 hours in the park and after the breakfast in the part we started off for the Victoria Falls where we had a lot of fun there as well. The last part we saw at the Victoria Falls was the “boiling point”. From the boiling point it was somehow tough for the girls (including Mrs. Richard!) to make the climb to the top because they were tired.
From the Victoria Falls we went to the Crocodile Farm. We leant a lot of things about crocodiles. We learned their names and how they were given those names. We learned about how to avoid getting harmed by crocodiles. Then we went to see the snakes. There were different types of snakes and we learned about how poisonous they are to people. We also learned about the places they could be found.
At last we went to Spar and it was there that Mr. and Mrs. Richard bought us lunch. We then went to the airport but we were unfortunate to find that all the planes had already left. We took our lunch there and a few pupils cold not mange to eat the food that was prepared (submarine sandwiches – but no fear in a group of teenagers – there was not a bite left!). After lunch we went and got ice cream cones. The ice-cream was also new to a few pupils, but anyway they enjoyed themselves!
Finally we were on our way coming back to school. We travelled safely and we reached school around 19:00 hours. We thank Mr. and Mrs. Richard for all they had done to us. We had really enjoying living with them. A life without them will be hard. May God bless them in everything they do.
2 comments:
Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Richard for blessing the lives of these precious young people. Sounds like it was a trip of a life time!!! Your time is quickly passing. Blessings as you continue blessing so many lives. I can only imagine how blessed you feel because of those around you. Thank you for sharing yourselves with so many.
Alicia
I think Bob and I had the same tour except for the school bus and the rhino. I am enjoying your blog, it brings back lots of memories. Keep it up.
Terry
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