Jako and Amber will be leaving South Africa on the same day as the FBCW team. They will be driving for two days to make the trip to Zambia. The team stands ready for another adventure in Africa (blue text is from Jako and Amber). YBIC, Alex
It is with eager anticipation that we are busy packing for our next trip to Zambia. Not only will we get to use our work permits for the first time but also we will be meeting a group of individuals from First Baptist Church in Woodbridge Va (USA) and one pastor from Russia. With three other's joining us from South Africa we will be a total of 15 intent on breaking the ground for the first orphanage house. The team will labor hard for over a week seeing how far we can get with the foundation and building and we hope to have many individuals from the community helping each day. Amber is especially happy for the two other women comming along from South Africa that will help with all the cooking and heating of bath water for all of the men. We hope to do Bible study with the community volunteers every day at lunch, show the Jesus Film, spend some time teaching at a local community school and use whatever opportunity we have to share the love of Christ.
Please pray for safe traveling mercies for us, especially since we will be trying to import 40 + bags of cement since it is very difficult to get in Zambia. Please also pray that as soon as we get into Livingstone, they will have received a load of cement that we will be able to purchase there. With men, the chances of this are extremely thin but with God all things are possible. We also ask prayers for safety during work, encouragement through physical results being seen with the building, mercies with language barriers (Russian, American Engligh, South African English, Zambian English, Afrikaans, and Tonga), and receptivity of the people there to the gospel.
Thanks for your support and prayers during the past several years and during this time now. We look forward to giving a good report of God's faithfullness when we return.
With thankfullness to God for this opportunity to work in His vineyard once again,
Jako and Amber Joubert
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