Reflections from the Zambezi

The funeral service of the late Mrs Flora Atuswile Ngwira who passed away on 17 November 2022 was held on 22 November 2022 at Lusaka Baptist Church on Longacres, Lusaka.  Below is a brief description of the tributes made and sermon preached during the funeral service.  Life History Flora Ngwira was born on 7th October 1947 in Kalonga, Malawi.. She went to school at Mzuzu Secondary School and later to Chancellor College in Malawi. She did her tpostgraduate studies in Edinburgh in Scotland. Later she came to work in Zambia at the National Scientific Council fot Research. She later left Zambia for further studies in the UK. She taught at Kalonga Secondary School in Kabwe as well as at the University of Zambia. She and the husband lived in the UK, eSwaitini and South Africa up to 2016. Flors Ngwira is survived by a husband, four children and four grandchildren. Spiritual Life History Flora Ngwira became a Christian in 1978 after listening to the gospel at Kitwe Chapel in Kitwe. Sh...

In October this year, I wrote the first part of this two part series. To read part 1 go  here .  'I Never Even Said Goodbye': Sudden Death  Our brother Kenneth was admitted into hospital for routine chemotherapy after which he was to be discharged after five days. He had to stay a few more days as the canula was not holding well and so the dosages of chemo were not as required. We thought that with a few more additional days he would be discharged he would come back home to recover. When Matthew and I said bye to him on the night of 18th October, little did we know that was our final bye from Kenny. It was not the bye we expected. I never had the chance to say goodbye to my brother as I would have loved. He was like suddenly snatched away from us. ‘If Only it Had Been Me Instead!: The Death of a Brother The death of Kenneth meant that I had no surviving brother left. It meant that Catherine now had only one brother left and her twin brother gone. How much one death can ch...