Yesterday we had a little bit of excitement - and danger! One of the girls in my group was going outside to participate in the 6:15 walk that some of the girls do. She was coming out the door, slipped on the rug, and landed in a sitting position. She did not notice the hanging threat that was about a foot away from her, but once she looked to her side, she noticed a brown/black snake that was resting. So, our group leader told her to go get one of the ladies who lives here to identify the snake, and it ended up being a baby black mamba. So, had the girl been bitten, she would have had 15 minutes to about 7 hours to live. That's pretty scary! And there were also about four or five other girls who had passed the snake on the same path when it was sleeping in that spot. Praise God that no one got bitten!
So, the lady who lives here came over and covered the mamba with a rug or piece of cloth and stomped on it to kill it. Yes, there were pictures taken, but I do not have them at the moment. I was not here for all this excitement, but I wish I could have been! It has amazed all of us how God protected the girl who fell, how he kept one of the most poisonous snakes in the world asleep while a small string of girls walked passed it, and how we all reacted to re-think our safety and be cautious but not nervous or paranoid over the issue!
I had class yesterday, WHIZ (World Hope International Zambia) meetings discussing the Reach4Life program. This program is about teaching those who are in highschool about abstinence and being faithful to the family and spouse. It is souly based on Christianity, and the book that they hand out to the group of highschool students they talk to has a series of situations being faced today and what the Biblical standpoint is on each situation. Such as: The Bible's perspective on Dating and Marriage, and abstinence. There are so many things that WHIZ is doing here in Zambia! A couple weeks from now, I will be able to work with an office in the WHIZ building just a few steps away from our Guest House. I know it will be an amazing experience.
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