Kasenga Village is located 51 kilometers/30 miles from our home in Nyimba. The travel time to reach Kasenga is about 2 hours. Kasenga is 1 1/2 kilometers from Meze (see older post for more information on Meze). Currently, Kendall and the men traveling with him are teaching in Kasenga 'B', there are two other portions of Kasenga, 'A' and 'C', that they have not reached yet. Pray for Kasenga 'B' to begin to share with their neighbors in 'A' and 'C'. As of now, there are 12 new believers in Kasenga. Continue to pray for this village and Collin as he teaches there and encourages the people.
From left to right: Robert Tembo from Kasenga in Mozambique, Derek Mumba from Mwengelele Baptist in Kacholola in Zambia, and Laxson Mumba from Mwengelele Baptist in Kacholola. Derek and Laxson are two of the four men who go into Mozambique from Zambia each week.
Robert Tembo lives in Kasenga Village. He comes to all of the meetings but has not received Christ, that we are aware of. He is one of the only people in Kasenga Village that can read. He has a Bible and is reading the Bible to the new believers in Kasenga so that they can hear God's Word.
Collin teaching the people. Collin is a new believer and is from Meze Village. He is the one who went to Kasenga Village after his conversion and began sharing Christ with people and began to meet with people on his own. He truly is taking the Gospel to his brothers and sisters. Collin is also teaching people to read in Kasenga using a book published by the Baptists called "Mwai", it is a literacy book with Christian stories and words.
This large tree is called a Baobab Tree. The one in this picture is very young. They grow very very tall! Kendall teaches underneath this tree in Kasenga Village.
The children of Kasenga
The yellow jug that the lady is holding contains dried corn. She pours it into the "bende"(ven-de) (what they pound the corn in). After they pound it with the "munsie" (moon-see) then they will sift the corn and pound it again. 
The game that this boy is playing is called "Nkhuli" (N-koo-lee). He has a stick with a thin strip of chitenge (fabric from skirts worn here) material tied on the end and he whips the stick and spins the nkhuli. The nkhuli is the plug that is placed in the bottom of the "bende" that they use to pound their corn to make mealie meal (their staple food). Watch this amazing video! It is quite short but you can watch it over and over again!
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I thank you so much for your posts just like this one. It is helping me to expose my children even further to the Zambian culture and what things really look like. We leave for Lusaka in 8 days!!!
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