Author: hmelton

Monday, I gave my first lessons at the George Benson college here at Namwiamga Mission. I suggested several topics to the English department here and they liked the idea of talking about authorial voice and writing from the heart. With two one-hour classes to give, I made up a couple of Keynote presentations, understanding the… Continue reading Voice Lessons

Since that day we spent at the Lusaka airport, I’ve been noticing another one of those cultural differences between the Zambian people and Americans. Zambians hold hands. It was common all around us. The girls in uniform would be walking through the airport, hand in hand. Chance-met businessmen greeting and talking to each other at… Continue reading Holding Hands

Friday, when we were picked up in Livingstone, we were warned, “Take a good hot bath and enjoy it. We’re under severe water rationing.” It’s been a constant theme while we’re here. The Namwiamga Mission campus, which holds about a thousand people, gets clean water from wells, and other water from a little lake. This… Continue reading Water