We should be thankful for electricity, a constant water supply, a trustworthy variety of food retailers, telephones, that we don't live in the midst of great poverty, and other things. One night during my stay, the system that pumps water to the house from a well forty metres deep broke down. Night time is quite hot in Africa, dehydration is possible, especially when the water supply has almost run dry. This is the high risk time of the year for this awful disease. One of the workers at the Mission was taken to hospital with Malaria while I was there.
Snakes like to come out and roam in the heat, as do scorpions.
The most impressive buildings I saw in Zambia were a Mosque and a Roman Catholic Church. Islam and Romanism are the most dominant delusions in Zambia. Witchcraft is also very widespread.