Regular readers know how much I love the Zambian singing, especially the sounds of the choruses from the secondary school and college. For months now I have dreamed of getting a CD made of their music.
Lord willing, that dream is becoming a reality. This weekend the secondary choir, the college choir, and the Timothy Brothers singing group will travel to Lusaka to record a CD. Each group has been rehearsing nightly to prepare five to seven songs--some in English and some in Tonga--that will be included on the final product.
The schedule calls for the 48 singers to leave Namwianga in one of the big yellow buses at 1:00 on Friday afternoon to make the five hour trip. David and I will follow along in our vehicle with luggage and other supplies. On Friday evening we will be hosted by a congregation in Lusaka and will do a program of preaching and singing for them. The guys will spend the night in the church building, and the ladies will be staying in a member’s home. We have a studio reserved for Saturday for the recording. The rest of the weekend’s schedule depends on how quickly the recording goes. If we finish by early afternoon, we will head back to Namwianga. If we don’t finish in time to be home before dark, we will spend another night with the church in Lusaka and come home Sunday after church services.
Getting 50 people transported, fed, and housed has been quite a logistical challenge. As wet set out on this adventure, we ask for your prayers that we will be kept safe and that our efforts will produce a recording that will glorify God and share the message of Namwianga with many others.
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