News from Livingstone II

Thank you for the details Caroline, Alice was much more detailed. Sounds like they are seeing so much. Glad to know about the orphanage etc. Mariel says she is doing wonderful and that her roommate who was bitten by the monkey is dong fine. She said they had a 6 hour truck ride to Livingstone and asked about her brother then had to get off because they were using someone's cell phone and there was a long line of girls. A quick I love you and off she went. No e-mails from her either so I was glad to see why they have chosen not to do that in your note. I was so happy to hear the lilt in Mariel's voice and to know that she is wonderful is all that is important. Take good care!

Kim

News from Livingstone

I feel sure that everyone must have heard from their daughters by now; Alice was very concerned that we didn't talk for too long as there was a queue of others needing to use the phone too!! Alice was positive about everything, Lake Kariba, seeing the animals (elephant, Hippo, crocs, impala and the fish eagle "I got a photo of it for you Daddy, but it was quite far away"), the camping, the truck, making toast on the fire and even the school work, "because we are learning about where we are"!! Everyone and everything was "cool"! We couldn't have had a happier and more enthusiastic voice down the phone.
They were off to Victoria falls yesterday and to visit an orphanage on Monday, which she thought was going to be a perfect way to celebrate her birthday, apparently two others on the trip have birthdays this week too. She said the internet access was slow and expensive...no time for that...boring, so no emails for the time being from Alice!!
Alice's first impressions "Africa is amazing"
Caroline

Communication

Hi All,

I just spoke with Jennifer about past parent communication protocol as I don't want to be stepping over any bounds and she really encouraged me to just use the blog. I am sorry about the reply all messages on e-mail as I do know, like me, many of you have work e-mail, many may not use e-mail at all etc. Thanks for your patience.

Some news form Africa...Jennifer said she had talked with Leah today and that the girls had a great cultural exchange at the school they visited and that everyone was feeling up and getting ready for dinner.

Take care,

Kim

The begining of the adventure

Here are a few photos, especially for those who were not in Washington, of the girls and one of parents/sisters looking on!! The teachers did an excellent job of making some apprehensive faces smile and laugh and now they are on Lake Kariba...what a transformation!! As others have said, Google earth does give some idea of where they are, but other than this we'll have to wait a while.

Caroline

Kaiba Error

Hello!

My friend who had been in Zambia and told me about the power not being generated from the dam at Kariba just wrote to say that her info is outdated and that power is now being generated there. So correction noted.

I hope all are well on this fine Sunday.

Take care,

Kim

Google Earth is Fun Too!

Hi all,

Gary and Kathy are right you can find all kinds of things on the internet. I used Google Earth to look at the lake. It is huge! You can zoom right down to the shore line and see small houses or villages.

It was such a pleasure to meet all the wonderful girls on this trip in Washington DC. They were all so excited and full of life. A few tears were flowing but in general everything was terrific. The teachers were great and I truly enjoyed meeting all the other parents that came. If anyone would like to visit please feel free to e-mail me.

I am just so thrilled that all of our girls get to build a community to learn and grow in together!

Cheers and blessings to all,

Kim Colvin

Bird's eye view

Hi Folks, Gary and I have been having fun looking at satelite images of Lake Kariba . We used Virtual Globetrotter and were able to find the airport in Lukasa. We then scanned south and found the lake. You can get a good look at the shoreline. We were also able to see Victora Falls. Pretty amazing !!!