The team made it home safely this past Saturday morning, with great comfort and joy to have loved ones waiting for our "welcome home" greetings at the airport upon our arrival into the US! We wanted to thank each of you one last time for all of your prayers and support (and comments on the blog) for this mission!
We will be in touch to inform you of the debriefing scheduled by First Baptist Church of Woodbridge (Virginia). This debriefing will contain more info and pictures from the mission, as well as some personal testimonies from team members.
Thanks again everyone! Until next year, when Team Zambia forms for 2012, we bid you farewell!
Team Zambia 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
R&R in Livingstone
Hey all! Just a quick post from Livingstone! We are all safe after a fun day of excursions for everyone! Some of the team went horseback riding near Victoria Falls, some went on a day safari at Chobe National Park in Botswana and the rest of the group braved white water rafting in the gorge at the end of the falls! It was a blast and each of us are enjoying our special day here in Livingstone before we board tomorrow for our LONG journey home!
Please pray for safe travels as we complete Mission Zambia 2011. Each of us is looking forward to seeing all of you when we return! Thanks again for following us on this mission!
Peace out.
Zambia Team 2011
Please pray for safe travels as we complete Mission Zambia 2011. Each of us is looking forward to seeing all of you when we return! Thanks again for following us on this mission!
Peace out.
Zambia Team 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Our Last Day in the Bush
Tomorrow morning shortly after breakfast, we will be departing from the bush for our last leg while in Zambia, Africa. Today, the rafters for Alyssa’s roof were completed, the antenna was finished and cemented into the ground, a the girls did a few more sand runs for Jako to have before the rainy season begins.
The jobs we came to accomplish were finished and we are proud of the work we have completed here in Zambia this year. Just one correction from a previous post, the wood that was supposed to be delivered was for some projects for Alyssa’s school, not her roof. We did have enough to finish the rafters.
We also forgot to introduce you to our new friend, Charlotte. She is about the size of my palm (Karen), maybe a little bigger. She lives under the sink in the kitchen. Because she is not disturbing anyone, they have left her to be in her comfy web and she appears from time to time for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Although I am not convinced that she will be making and pigs in Zambia famous…
We did see a black mamba snake while at the cattle farm. He was about 4 feet long … but is now deceased. Black mamba’s are one of the deadliest snakes in Africa, not only are they venomous – they are fast! But I will let each of you look that one up on the internet so you can read about that one yourself! http://www.blackmambasnake.com/
We unfortunately did not get a chance to do hut-to-hut discipleship as planned. So that is on the list for next year’s team! Again, God had different plans than we intended and we are alright with that! We were still able to spread the Word through our work and the eye ministry!
For now, the team is packing up this evening and breaking down camp. We will be heading out bright and early for Livingstone. We hope to be able to post from their, however, their will not be much time to read comments, for we will not be debriefing in the evenings like we have been here. But I encourage you to still comment! Team members will review the blog once they get home, so they will enjoy reading them!
Thanks to each of you for your encouragement, prayers and support of this mission! We are sad that yet another year is ending, but each one of us will take a testimony home from this experience! Our departure is bittersweet and we will miss Africa, for once it is in your heart, you never let it go!
Signing off for now (unless there is a chance to post again before we leave)…
The jobs we came to accomplish were finished and we are proud of the work we have completed here in Zambia this year. Just one correction from a previous post, the wood that was supposed to be delivered was for some projects for Alyssa’s school, not her roof. We did have enough to finish the rafters.
We also forgot to introduce you to our new friend, Charlotte. She is about the size of my palm (Karen), maybe a little bigger. She lives under the sink in the kitchen. Because she is not disturbing anyone, they have left her to be in her comfy web and she appears from time to time for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Although I am not convinced that she will be making and pigs in Zambia famous…
We did see a black mamba snake while at the cattle farm. He was about 4 feet long … but is now deceased. Black mamba’s are one of the deadliest snakes in Africa, not only are they venomous – they are fast! But I will let each of you look that one up on the internet so you can read about that one yourself! http://www.blackmambasnake.com/
We unfortunately did not get a chance to do hut-to-hut discipleship as planned. So that is on the list for next year’s team! Again, God had different plans than we intended and we are alright with that! We were still able to spread the Word through our work and the eye ministry!
For now, the team is packing up this evening and breaking down camp. We will be heading out bright and early for Livingstone. We hope to be able to post from their, however, their will not be much time to read comments, for we will not be debriefing in the evenings like we have been here. But I encourage you to still comment! Team members will review the blog once they get home, so they will enjoy reading them!
Thanks to each of you for your encouragement, prayers and support of this mission! We are sad that yet another year is ending, but each one of us will take a testimony home from this experience! Our departure is bittersweet and we will miss Africa, for once it is in your heart, you never let it go!
Signing off for now (unless there is a chance to post again before we leave)…
Team Zambia 2011
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