Well water

For the average person living in a rural area in the Eastern province there is no such thing as internal plumbing.  Many women will spend hours each day walking to a shared bore hole and filling buckets that will be used for cooking, drinking, washing and cleaning. It is concenient to live near such a well but many can spend 30-45 minutes just walking to the well. 

Language

Now that we are back it is time to fully immerse in language studies again. while out of the country, it was a nice break for my brain but I am again ready for the challenge of learning this language. It is my goal to soon have the ability and confidence to preach the life changing message of the gospel in the heart language of these Zambian people. Please pray for God's help and favor! 

Finally

When we left Zambia last year I had submitted the paper work for our work permit renewal but wouldn't know the results until our return. Thankfully the process went smoothly and we have now extended our permit through September of 2015! This will allow us to continue with our church planting efforts and goals of reaching deeper into the rural areas!

return from furlough

After just over 6 months of furlough in the States we have returned to Zambia to continue with the work of the Gospel! While in the States we were able to visit many current churches as well as many new churches with the hope of increasing their vision for global evangelization. It is good to know there are still many American churches with a passion to see the world reached with the glorious message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

I was thrilled to visit the people from our first church plant (Big Tree Bible Baptist Church) this last Sunday. Although there was a funeral in a nearby village, the church house was still quite full with many familiar faces and even some new ones. News is spreading of God’s grace and salvation transforming lives demonstrated by 4 visitors coming and two of them having to walk more than an hour just to hear the message. Praise the Lord! Please continue to pray with us that the word of the Lord will not be bound but have free course as we desire to see many come to Christ and grow in His knowledge and Grace.

Clean water

We have been working at a nearby rural health clinic to upgrade the maternity ward and bring better conditions to the area. One part of this project is to dig a bore hole that will eventually provide clean water to the clinic and many of the surrounding villagers. Below are some pictures and short video of the drilling machine doing its work. We hit rock from 35 meter-50 meter but eventually found water around the 55m mark. The drill people continued the hole until 65 meters and then inserted steel metal casing to protect the hole from collapse. 

We hope this week to install the solar panels, submersible pump, tank stand, and 10,000 liter tanks! So excited to see the Lord do this work and provide for these people. So many have come to church saying they have seen the love of Christ through these type of works. It is great that we can provide clean water but our ultimate goal is that the Lord would provide Living Water to the people! 

just starting

busting through the soil

struck water

adding more pipe