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Adventures with Big D and Little C

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        SO! Finally these pics have loaded and Im overdue for a post. Mom and Dad came to Zambia! its een a year and half since Ive seen them, and our time together was certainly an adventure. They few into Kasama on a tiny puddle jumper, which Big D did not enjoy, but they were welcomed with a good bottle of wine and a icitenge.         We did a 3 day stint in my village with me and got to see some ponds, meet some great farmers, and we cooked up a goat to celebrate.  We cooked a shoulder in my oven with tomatoes, onions, and a balsamic reductions and rubbed down some ribs with a cajun spice and put them straight on the coals.  My family here cooked some goat in the Zambian way and we had a huge lunch together exchanging food and eating ubwali.  It waas a ton of fun, although there were some mishaps.  On our last day there was an unexpected funeral and I must say my family weathered that storm wonderfully.  I know that Zambian funerals can be overwhelming with the drums, wailing, a