Friends!
Yesterday morning on our daily ride to Destiny school where my team is doing ministry this month, Rachel – one of our housemates was telling me about how they kill live chickens. I boldly told her – I would partake in the process of beheading the fowl friend if I ever had the chance. Yet as the chicken came towards the van as we left the school head peeping out of the plastic grocery bag he was stored in– I knew there was no way I’d kill my new found friend.
I will confess that I did watch the procedure and loved how gracefully our host removed the head from the body of the chicken and how gracefully she stood on the bowl that pinned the chicken body down while the last bit of life left him.
It was really fun to watch.
Being in Zambia has been really fun, and I have been loving the culture, people, and ministry we are working with.
I will say that being left at a pit stop where our bus stopped on our way to Lusaka – and having to catch another bus with no passport, money, or anything in the middle of nowhere in South Africa, to catch up with the original bus at the border was not my favourite. Yet, I now know that leaving a bus is a very risky business. Even if you tell the drivers you are getting one other passenger from your group that is not on the bus.
Our ministry this month is working alongside a local pastor and his wife in the school they run, and the church they Pastor. Destiny School has over 400 students most of them orphans or children who cannot afford school fees and tuition. Destiny school strives to share Christ through quality education. There are beautiful children here, and our team has loved the opportunity to serve as teachers in the classrooms and also helping with administrative tasks as well.
We have participated in evangelizing in the local community surrounding the church, and this has been such a fun and interesting way to engage with the community while also sharing the good news with them.
We live with Pastor Peter and his wife Beatrice and 5 of his six daughters just outside the city of Lusaka. Living with a family has definitely been a blessing this month and I have felt at home in their house. They have made us feel welcome and are teaching us lots about what it means to share Jesus in the community.
This coming week we are going to a village for 5 days to evangelize and share Jesus with the community. I look forward to updating you on the happenings of that experience!
I am glad to say that I am now FULLY FUNDED for the race – and I could not have done it without the support of all of you back home be it through prayer, encouragement, and financial support!
Let me know if you have questions or comments about what the Lord is doing in my life and here in Africa!
Til next time! (:
