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The Wielers go to Africa: December 2007
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The Wielers go to Africa. Follow the Wielers as they work with MCC in Zambia. Monday, December 17, 2007. Yesterday was the children's nativity play at our church. Our girls were angels - in the literal sense. Much to our surprise, the shepherds had real, live sheep! We remarked to others that we would never see this in Winnipeg and they responded "Really? John and Charlene Wieler. Saturday, December 15, 2007. The entire Southern Africa MCC Team. The MCC Zambia Team. The Limbo contest was one of the less ...
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The Wielers go to Africa: August 2007
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The Wielers go to Africa. Follow the Wielers as they work with MCC in Zambia. Sunday, August 12, 2007. Polo, the sport of .er.Farmers - by John. A few days ago we went to see our first Polo game. A friend of ours from church belongs to a local team and we thought it would be fun to get out to the country and see the horses run. It turns out that because of the economics of horse ownership in. As it was explained to me), you don’t have to be a zillionaire to play Polo, you just have to be farmer. Half the...
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The Wielers go to Africa: June Potpourri - By John
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The Wielers go to Africa. Follow the Wielers as they work with MCC in Zambia. Friday, June 13, 2008. June Potpourri - By John. There are many miscellaneous things to post about this month. Yesterday we were privileged to see. 8217;s PYP exhibition. The PYP (Primary Years Program) Exhibition is a result of a whole years worth of school work. The focus of the Exhibition this year was “Global Warming”. It was an impressive display and you could really see that a lot of work and thought went into it. It was ...
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The Wielers go to Africa: Turning Chocolates into Donuts
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The Wielers go to Africa. Follow the Wielers as they work with MCC in Zambia. Sunday, May 18, 2008. Turning Chocolates into Donuts. I feel like I have mentioned ‘Needs Care’ school often in my blogging because I find their situation so inspirational. That school truly serves the poorest of the poor and while every other school we know of charges at least a modest fee, this school was created for the children who come from homes that couldn’t even afford $3 per term for their children to be educated.
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The Wielers go to Africa: November 2007
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The Wielers go to Africa. Follow the Wielers as they work with MCC in Zambia. Wednesday, November 07, 2007. Camping - Zambian style. So, the provocative title of this blog is somewhat misleading, as it turns out that Zambian camping and Canadian camping have a lot of similarities. Read on to find out more. Two weeks ago we spent a weekend with a bunch of families from our church at a place called Nsobe about 300 km north of Lusaka. It was a nice, relaxing weekend without any schedule to follow. Hi, we ar...
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The Wielers go to Africa: The Wielers Come Back From Africa
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The Wielers go to Africa. Follow the Wielers as they work with MCC in Zambia. Tuesday, July 22, 2008. The Wielers Come Back From Africa. Sorry for the long delay between posts, but it has been a busy time getting ready to go home, actually travelling, and then getting home and trying to get reoriented. What a whirl. Here are a few highlights:. Getting ready to leave. The Zambia MCC team. We will miss our partners, the dedicated Zambians like Aaron and Josephine at Chisomo Drop In Center. We also said goo...
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The Wielers go to Africa: May 2008
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The Wielers go to Africa. Follow the Wielers as they work with MCC in Zambia. Monday, May 26, 2008. Even though we are a mere 5 weeks away from leaving this country we are still learning about the people, customs and traditions. A few months ago Miriam (our maid) told us that her teenage daughter was expecting a baby and she said that when it is born if it is a boy it will be named John and if it is a girl it will be Charlene. Biblical names, English words (we have met Happy, Lucky, Clever, Gift, Given, ...
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The Wielers go to Africa: October 2007
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The Wielers go to Africa. Follow the Wielers as they work with MCC in Zambia. Wednesday, October 24, 2007. A Season of Lasts - by Charlene. Even though we are still in our first year here in Zambia, we are in our last year of service with MCC so every season from now on is the last one we will experience here in Africa. We’ve begun talking about going home (next July) and the things we’ll miss about. One of the physical attributes of. That we love is all of the blooming trees. To celebrate, the girlsR...
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The Wielers go to Africa: September 2007
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The Wielers go to Africa. Follow the Wielers as they work with MCC in Zambia. Wednesday, September 19, 2007. Tree Tops Trip - By Erin. Of September my grade went to Tree Tops School Camp for a whole week. It was an eight hour long drive in our school’s smelly bus. When we got there everyone went to their dorms to have a shower and put on fresh clothes because everything is so dry and dusty here right now. The kids did all the cooking ourselves and the food was great. We made things like:. We went on long...
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The Wielers go to Africa: March 2008
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The Wielers go to Africa. Follow the Wielers as they work with MCC in Zambia. Saturday, March 29, 2008. Fun with Rich and Heidi - by John. We have just finished more than two weeks of fun with Rich and Heidi. It was great reconnecting with them and just having a chance to sit and talk. It was also fun showing them around Lusaka and parts of Zambia and seeing their reactions to unfamiliar things. Needless to say, they had great attitudes and found things endlessly fascinating and interesting. To read abou...