We met Obert on Sunday when we took a group of college guys on an outreach to a small congregation at Dube Farm. Laura Oldenburg and I taught the children, and Obert was in our class. After the lesson we spent a few minutes talking to the kids and asking them about school. We found out that Obert walks into Kalomo every day to go to school. He leaves at 5:00 in the morning and arrives at school between 7:00 and 8:00. He walks home in the afternoon and gets in around 4:00.
We checked the distance with our odometer on the way back to the Mission. Obert walks over nine kilometers one way to get to school.
Obert and kids like him all over Zambia are heroes in my book.
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