We arrived at Amano at 05:00 and loaded the bus with the bags. We had to wait
for Mwaya but we left on time at 05:30.
We reached Solwezi at around 10:00. We
spent 30 minutes there, where we bought snacks and drinks. We were then back on
the road. As
the trip went on I saw lots of amazing interesting things I have never seen
before the trees and the ant hills there are so different from the ones we have
here [Copperbelt]. Inside the bus we played, said some jokes,
shouted about shop names and some teaching Mr Grove gave us. The question I
asked Mr. Grove was basically meaning "is being a part of the world alright?"
And Mr. Grove answered, he prefers not to because you could become a slave of
the world and it can influence your mind; putting rubbish in your head rather
than putting something useful, the songs and movies make you do the acts of the
world and behave like the world.
And this made me realize that the course of some bad things I did was because
of being a part of the world. When we almost reached Sakeji I wondered, "How can
there be such a school in a deep bush area and when we went in I couldn’t stop
seeing how fabulous the school was, although it wasn’t how I thought the school
would be, but still, it was fantastic. The school was full of plants and trees
everywhere that really attracted me.
It
had been a long journey, with lots of police road blocks, but we managed to
reach Sakeji at 16:00. When
we had finally reached, and to my surprise, earlier than I had expected we all
poured out of the bus; our clothes all looking kind of the same colour: orangish
brown!
We unloaded the bus and were shown to our rooms. We then had
snack which was water and brownies. In ‘free time’ I watched what the G5-9 girls
were doing.
So some of us went to a ‘Rally’ thing which Mr. Grove introduced to us, to watch
or help out the young children. Rally was like learning extra skills like
carpentry. We went to the place where Rally took place and asked the teacher
(Mr. Ronald) if we could help and he allowed us to help and from that I learned
how to help out in a practical work and it was fun talking to the little kids
and helping. That is how we finished our first afternoon and then we went for
supper.
17:00
was supper. The
supper bell rang and we had to stand outside and wait to go in, and when we went
in we had to remain standing until the
prayer is said, which is different from our school rules. We had pizza, tomatoes, sweet potatoes and
other vegetables. Because we or I didn’t know many table manners I kept making
mistakes when having a meal but I have learned my table manners now! We then had
free time until 18:30. During my free time I wrote Monday’s report and I also
played outside. At 19:00 we went into the hall and played games with the Sakeji
students and got to know each other. The
games were about learning each other’s names. It was very funny, especially when
people called someone the wrong name. The
first game we played was both Sakeji and Amano students getting to know each
other and in that game I was with Nkisu Mahamba. Then we were told to ask the
person 3 questions about them and we had to say what they tell us to everyone
after that game we had another game we called human table football which I
really enjoyed. When
it was 21:00 we went back to our rooms
and had a short evening devotion with Mr Grove
and then slept.
Breaking the ice |
Saturday 01/07/2017
We
woke up at 06:00, got ready and went to breakfast at 07:00. For breakfast we had
rice cakes, porridge and toast. Sunny
tried to beat Mr Groves rice cake record but found out that 32 where to many.
After
breakfast we had free time.
Sakeji students were having their sports
day, so we went off to the rapids. We left Sakeji at 08:15. It took us about an
hour to get there. When we got there we were expecting a tour of the hydro
place, but unfortunately the guide wasn’t there, so we went ahead and played and
explored the rapids. When
we reached the place Mr. Grove reminded us about the difference of the road and
villages and what kind of industries are in that area. After discussion we went
to find falls but there wasn’t much water to slide although we did slide. And
some of us slept on the rocks with the freezing water flowing over
us.
We all came back and had lunch, which was sandwiches, crisps and cookies.
Eating
lunch my feet dipped in water, listening to the sound of water flowing,
crunching the apple and looking at the view that God made was just
fantastic.
The Rapids |
The Rapids |
After lunch, some of us and Mr. Grove went down a different part of the rapids. We had gone down about 100 meters when somebody started shouting to us that there was danger. He was a bit unhelpful when he wouldn’t tell us what the danger was. But during our time at the rapids we made many memories. While we were going back to Sakeji school I was checking the area as if I’m trying to find something. I noticed that the hats where people live were not cylinder shaped but a cuboids shaped and I found out the reason is just look modern; just a style. When we came back Sakeji was still doing their sports, so we watched. When it came to the tug-of-war we joined in. We did 4 rounds against them, we won 1 and they won 3. After lunch we went swimming in the pool and the water there was very cold as it was river water which I was new to. I didn’t stay in too long because it was freezing cold. At the pool I gained courage and jumped off their highest diving board [10ft] and went on their zip line which they call the ‘flying fox’. After swimming we got dressed and had supper. For supper we had vegetables and cornbread. When we had finished our supper we had time to shower and get ready for the movie. We watched Down and Derby, but we only watched part of it. We had a snack and talked to the Sakeji students, then went back to our rooms and slept. We went back to where we slept and had a bath and every one gathered for devotions. And the devotion was about the qualification for the inheritance. In order to inherit fully a father must die for the person to inherit. So God came in human form and died for us in order for us to inherit. God died for us so that we can be in the presence of Him in His holiness, for we are sinners.
Bible Time |
Bush Walk |
Sunday 02/07/2017
We woke up at 06:00 and had breakfast at
07:00. We had free time until 10:00. At 10:00 we had church in the hall were Mr.
Hanna was preaching to us about risks and it
taught me to consider the consequences of taking the risk.
The
teacher who was preaching asked us a question, ‘Did you reject God and take
[physical] life and world? Is it worth rejecting God and take the world?’ and in
salvation we looked at the fact of sin, then the penalty of sin, the penalty
must be paid, Jesus paid the penalty, salvation is a free gift, then to obtain
salvation you must accept. I think God is trying to tell me to come out of the
worldly form and go back to Him. We
then had lunch which was beef, roast potatoes and vegetables. For dessert we had
ice-cream and fudge. We had more free time until snack. During
the same day talked to a lot of Sakeji students and made new friends.
After we had eaten our snack we then had Bible
club which Mr Towse took for about an hour. And
he taught us that every chapter and verse in the Bible were unique. Chapters and
verses are the word of God and He made us not just by word to create us, but so
we can be much more useful tool to others to return to God. After Bible study we
had a tour around and it was my first time going through the bushes the bushes
were like flames making waves.We
then had more free time. We all, including the Sakeji students, went for a walk
on the air strip. We got back and had supper which was pancakes. We then had
time to shower and do other things. My friends and I were playing in the dark.
When everyone was ready we went back into the hall where Mr. Grove preached to
us. We went back and slept.
Early morning swim |
River area |
Monday 03/07/2017
We had an early start to the day. We had to
wake up at 05:00 to get ready for the ‘early morning swim’. We went down to the
river and had to jump in. I
felt paralyzed but it didn’t hurt.
When we got out we could sit by the warm fire and drink our hot chocolate. When
we had finished our hot chocolate, we had to hurry back because breakfast was
soon after that. The
early morning swim is an experience I've never had. After
breakfast Sakeji
kindly gave us Amano students some sweets,
but to see who got their sweets first we had to send someone to say the alphabet
backwards. From Amano they sent Temwani, Eunteac and I. We then got our sweets
and went back to the rooms and got changed into our P.E kit ready to play bench
ball, and for the boys, football. We had a great time when we were playing bench
ball. In our team we had some Sakeji kids because they wanted everyone to play.
At the end of it we had all had a good
time and went down to the pool. We swam there, zip-lined and went on the water
slide. We had lunch at the river and
played in the river trying to catch crabs. We caught one crab and put it in a
small pond. We also found some water scorpions. Once we had finished our lunch we went to
play Capture the Flag. The
first round our flag was hidden in a bad place, but the second round we hide it
better and had more people guarding the flag so we won that round. We
played that for a really long time, and then went back to the river. We swam in
the pool for a short while and then went back up to the school to have supper.
We had our supper outside and enjoyed hotdogs and salads. We had free time next
and could do whatever we wanted to do. Later in the evening we finished the
movie and went back to bed.
River Time Dam Busters |
Grades 8, 9 and 10 |
Tuesday 04/07/2017
We had to wake up early, at 05:00 because
we were leaving early. We loaded the bags into the bus at 06:00 and went to
breakfast at 06:30. We then had a picture and then set off back home to
Chingola. The
first 3 hours everything was fine and MR Grove and some of the bots including me
tried to name all the capital cities in Africa but because we failed we moved to
countries in Africa.
But
after 3 hours the breaks started to smoke so we stopped and let them cool down.
The brakes stopped giving us trouble but then the second problem started the
engine was getting too hot and started to make noises. So we stopped again and
let the engine cool down so that we could pour some water into the radiator. We
continued going and the water somehow solved the problem.
We
still played one game were you had to find all the letters in the alphabet on
billboards and signposts it was so fun but I can’t focus on something
for a very long time so I gave up after I reached G. On
the way we stopped off at Solwezi. We arrived at Sunny’s house where the
Chingola students were dropped off at 17:00.
In
conclusion I would say that the trip was a very interesting adventure I learned
a lot about Christ and made some friends and I had a lot of FUN!!!!!
I
learnt how to care for others and how shameful it is to fun of others. When I
thought about leaving Sakeji I felt sad but I made lots of memories and friends
there.It was fun in Sakeji school and thank you for caring, organizing and taking us to Sakeji school.
Going
to Sakeji was worth it because I got to spend some time away from home, got to
know my friends better and made new friends.
The people at Sakeji where very nice to us and treated us like family. I really enjoyed the stay and would like to go back again. Just a big thanks to Mr Grove for taking us there and to Miss Jacki and Miss Kaumba for looking after us.
The people at Sakeji where very nice to us and treated us like family. I really enjoyed the stay and would like to go back again. Just a big thanks to Mr Grove for taking us there and to Miss Jacki and Miss Kaumba for looking after us.
Even
though I did go to Sakeji in 2015 I did have a lot of fun on this trip too and
I'm glad that I went.
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