We've arrived!

Mwli shani!
So the internet in Zambia is extremely SLOW, and we probably won't get much access to it for the next 2-3 months, BUT we just wanted everyone to know that we have arrived safely and soundly and are doing well.  We have begun training outside of Lusaka and learned many things such as safety and security, cultural customs, etc.  We have 39 people in our training group from all over the U.S.  Tomorrow, we go to visit small towns all over Zambia at our first site visit, and then go to a training center outside of Lusaka where we will live with a host family and begin language training.  We HAVE found out that we'll be living in either Northwest or Central province, and will be speaking either Bemba, Lunda, OR Kaonde.  They actually give us our language on Wednesday, so we'll have a better idea of WHERE we will be living by then. 
We did get cell phones, which are MUCH more efficient than internet, so if you need to reach us until the end of the month, just call our US home phone number or Gina's cell phone number, and we will check messages on those up through the end of the month.  Leave a message and we'll give you our Zambian numbers.
MANY pictures to come, but it will probably be via us mailing a photo chip to a friend who will have to upload it to the internet.  In the meantime, I'll leave you with a mental image that we saw while on a walk outside of our training center yesterday: Two Zambian men and a women dressed in high heels with a hot pink belt around her waist carrying a cage made out of sticks carrying about 15 chickens.  And this was in the outskirts of Lusaka.  The people are very friendly and have awesome handshakes :). 
Before we have more regular internet access, we would LOVE snail mail, and out address is in the top right of this blog.  They said it gets there best if you label it in RED ink with Bible verses or religious quotes written on the outside of the envelope.  Yes, Zambia is a very Christian country.  We will definitely reply via snail mail!
Take care,
Gina and Scott