so many things i could update on..
Well my DtS is coming to a close now and it's quite depressing. We finished up our time in Zambia and it was extremely hard for us to leave as we had all made so many friends in that area. In Zambia we did tons of things some of the major stuff though was: open market evangelism in 3 huge produce markets and one craft market, We preached and did dramas and shared testimonies 3 days of church service at the apostolic faith mission church (which we worked through the majority of the time), we did door to door ministry in 2 communities for about 12 days, we volunteered in 3 different orphanages, we taught a mini DTS course to some locals so there would be some permanent people in Livingston to carry out what we had started, we lead children's ministry (1-12), youth (12-17), and young adults (18 and up) 3 saturdays in a row, we did evangelism at the border to Zimbabwe for a day and downtown open evangelism for a few days, and personally i was able through my families support send 3 children to school for the year and buy a wonderful little 7 year old girl named Elizabeth some new clothes and books for school. We saw many many people get saved one woman healed of Malaria and one woman of TB. I was able to tell two teenage boys who Jesus was for the first time which was one of my biggest highlights because you don't have the opportunity to tell someone about Jesus for the first time much anymore and then i was able to lead them in giving their lives to Jesus. There were some really amazing and exciting stories that i would love to share but I know nobody wants to read for an hour but Im excited to share with you all in 3 weeks when i come home. My team drove back from Zambia to South Africa on Tuesday because we were going to go into Zimbabwe for the last 9 days however because of finances we needed to return however we will still be doing outreach nearby the Worcester base where i did my lecture phase in, for 2 weeks and then it's my de-briefing week and then it will be time to travel home. I really really loved Zambia and besides the amazing Giraffes and Zebras and Elephants I saw I made some really amazing friends and the Zambian people are so kind and will instantly open up their home for you and are so hungry for more of God especially those we met living in Mukuni village. The people there are living in very poor housing with little running water and they loose electricity every night and it pours down rain everyday and when I say pour i mean everyone literally stops under some kind of shelter and just waits for it to stop because it will completely drench you in 5 seconds trust me i learned from experience. The children run around outside alone with no shoes tattered clothing and with little food in their stomachs. They mostly eat this food called shima because it's made out of maze meal and it's extremely cheap and filling however you can imagine the children need better nutrition then this so when possible we would give them our left overs. I have lots of pictures and cannot wait to share them with you all soon unfortunately it is now 1 a.m. and i have not slept since two nights ago and i need to be up again at 6 but i know how important it is for me to keep you all updated. Hopefully there will be pictures up during my de-briefing week. I love you all and miss you tons please pray that there will be available seats on the flights for me to come home im a little nervous about that. Thank you!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Sunday, January 6, 2008
hello home...
hello everyone i am so excited to be given the chance to update while on outreach!
I am currently in Livingstone Zambia and this will be the farthest north i will be going in Africa. As a team we decided God was leading us to stay here in Zambia and Zimbabwe and we will finsih the next 5 weeks in these locations and then 1 week to travel back to Worcester SA and then one week of debreifing and then im coming home! Today was a really good day we went to a local church and i gave a 10 minute speach in front of the church! Each of us must share our testimony or speak in front of the crowds at least once and today was my oppertunity. I considered it a challange however because I love speaking in front of youth but not so much adults however they were very kind to me and appreciated my words of encouragement. Then we went back and did some more work with the youth and did dramas and prayer etc. The weather here is strange it is really hott but overcast and rains heavily everyday with flooding and lightning there is also power outages every night at the base we are staying at. I am getting somewhat accustom to the African culture however of cold showers (if your lucky enough to have running water that is) walking barefoot often and buying in Kwacha and rand and zim dollar however it is quite confusing because both Zambian Kwacha and Zim dollar is thousands and millions so for example the sim card for my phone is 5,000 kwacha that is the equilvelant of about $1.50. I did go to a traditional Zambian restraunt the other night which was fun and i tried fried caterpillar and they also sold warthog and lots of leaves and stuff. I really like Africa though the people are very kind and welcoming and they really have that whole hospitality thing down. Im getting used to washing laundry,dishes,fruits and myself in dirty water too it's still a bit strange though and now i understand why Africa has this distinct smell about it. There are mango trees everywhere here and it is quite fun to walk down the street and pick 5 and bring them home and eat them. they are so yummy.... We are trying to figure out exactly what we will be doing here but we are pretty sure that we are going to go stay in a Zambian vilage for a while and then venture into Zimbabwe and set up some type of food program for the children there because there is no food anywhere. It is so stange to walk into a grocery store and see empty shelves. There is also no fuel there so everyone walks long distnaces to get anywhere and yes you do see lots of woman carrying huge loads on their head with bags in both hands and a baby strapped on their back. Man do they have it rough. I have seen lots of really cool animals here too including warthogs, antelope, lots of monkeys (video coming soon) baboons ostrichs and lots and lots of donkeys. Im still waiting to see elephant and Zebra we did see a few elephant crossing signs but we werent so lucky. I am not going to be able to update often though so I apologize now but i hope this update is finding everyone well i miss you all alot love you!
I am currently in Livingstone Zambia and this will be the farthest north i will be going in Africa. As a team we decided God was leading us to stay here in Zambia and Zimbabwe and we will finsih the next 5 weeks in these locations and then 1 week to travel back to Worcester SA and then one week of debreifing and then im coming home! Today was a really good day we went to a local church and i gave a 10 minute speach in front of the church! Each of us must share our testimony or speak in front of the crowds at least once and today was my oppertunity. I considered it a challange however because I love speaking in front of youth but not so much adults however they were very kind to me and appreciated my words of encouragement. Then we went back and did some more work with the youth and did dramas and prayer etc. The weather here is strange it is really hott but overcast and rains heavily everyday with flooding and lightning there is also power outages every night at the base we are staying at. I am getting somewhat accustom to the African culture however of cold showers (if your lucky enough to have running water that is) walking barefoot often and buying in Kwacha and rand and zim dollar however it is quite confusing because both Zambian Kwacha and Zim dollar is thousands and millions so for example the sim card for my phone is 5,000 kwacha that is the equilvelant of about $1.50. I did go to a traditional Zambian restraunt the other night which was fun and i tried fried caterpillar and they also sold warthog and lots of leaves and stuff. I really like Africa though the people are very kind and welcoming and they really have that whole hospitality thing down. Im getting used to washing laundry,dishes,fruits and myself in dirty water too it's still a bit strange though and now i understand why Africa has this distinct smell about it. There are mango trees everywhere here and it is quite fun to walk down the street and pick 5 and bring them home and eat them. they are so yummy.... We are trying to figure out exactly what we will be doing here but we are pretty sure that we are going to go stay in a Zambian vilage for a while and then venture into Zimbabwe and set up some type of food program for the children there because there is no food anywhere. It is so stange to walk into a grocery store and see empty shelves. There is also no fuel there so everyone walks long distnaces to get anywhere and yes you do see lots of woman carrying huge loads on their head with bags in both hands and a baby strapped on their back. Man do they have it rough. I have seen lots of really cool animals here too including warthogs, antelope, lots of monkeys (video coming soon) baboons ostrichs and lots and lots of donkeys. Im still waiting to see elephant and Zebra we did see a few elephant crossing signs but we werent so lucky. I am not going to be able to update often though so I apologize now but i hope this update is finding everyone well i miss you all alot love you!
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