Gracie and me
After two long rides on crowded minibuses, Christine and I, along with two other ladies new to the field, arrived in Matero, Christine’s home neighborhood. During our two hours today in Matero, we met with several ladies just to talk to them about their lives. We were so blessed to get to hear from these women about life in Lusaka.
Winnie and her sister Monica own a small grocery store. Winnie has a two-year-old daughter, Deborah,. Monica has just finished high school and is hoping to go to university to study business. Their family moved to Lusaka from their village twenty years ago, when Winnie was 6 years old. We sat outside their store and talked about our families. Winnie struck me as a woman who truly wants to succeed, and who wants Deborah to have a better life than she does herself.
Gracie is a 16-year-old tenth grader who lives with her brother and sister-in-law. She is very much like a 16-year-old in the States. She goes to school, loves to read, enjoys spending time hanging out with her friends, and wants to study computer science in college. Please pray for Gracie, that God will give her strength, wisdom, and the required finances for the education she wants, and that He would protect her in the face of teenage temptations and diseases that are so rampant here.
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