Catherine is a 67 year old Woman of God that knows her Bible
The two Chiefs pose with their Two Kingdom drawing sticks
"But Jesus called them unto him, saying, suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God" - Luke 18:16
The children of Geneva School love singing!
We were able to present the teachers of each school with a soccer ball
During the Bridge to Life presentation, Maria played Satan, Pastor Tembo played God.
A Land of Sharp Contrasts-
When you are in the capital city of any country on the continent of Africa, you see sharp contrasts. There are still examples of the opulence of the rich and the extreme poverty of those who “have not.” There are beautiful homes with walls around them and security guards in close proximity to cinder block homes with dirt floors. While most people walk wherever they go, they are often passed by Mercedes, BMW’s and Land Rovers. But the most amazing contrast for me is to be out in the compound, far away from city life, with sparse electricity and plumbing and yet most of them have a working cell phone.
We Don’t Just Love ‘em and Leave ‘em-
While there are examples of mission teams that come into an area and lead people to Christ without any discipleship follow-up, we are not one of them! On yesterday’s blog we introduced you to Pastor Phiri, the new pastor of the church we are planting this week. His job, once we are leave Zambia is to contact every person that trusted Jesus to get them plugged into their discipleship process. The fact that most people have working cell phones makes this possible. Each time a person trusted Jesus this week, we wrote down their names and cell phone numbers and these have been turned over to Pastor Phiri. Pray for him and his small leadership team as they contact the 94 people who prayed to trust Jesus for eternal life this week.
News By the Numbers-
6- that’s the number of evangelism teams that presented the gospel each day
9- that’s the number of time zones we crossed on our way to Zambia
11,625- that’s the number of miles our team travelled to get to Lusaka, Zambia
16- that’s the number of Zambian nationals who served as interpreters for our team
150- that’s the number of PB&J sandwiches our team made and consumed at lunch this week
350- that’s the number the high attendance for the week at our mission vbs
334- that’s the number of people we shared the gospel with this week
94- that’s the number of people that trusted Jesus for eternal life this week
Prayer Requests-
Pray for the birth day of the new church this Sunday- for a great response from the community
Team Health and Safety- It’s a long way home!
For continued Spiritual Transformation in the compound- that the fire would not go out
Re-Entry for our Team- it can be difficult to come home after a trip like this and not just fall back into the flow of life in America
For Sensitivity to the Holy Spirit- for our team to understand God’s calling on their lives
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