Hi guys, sorry its taken me some time to throw up an update since I left. I actually had one written up, but forgot to post it before I left my computer back home.
Anyway, if you haven’t heard, my team and I have been in Zambia for the last 2 days. It turned out to be an interesting travel day on our connection from London to South Africa. Getting on this large 747, we all anxiously studiously found our seats, ready for take off as the doors of the airplane shut close. However, in a moment, it is discovered that NONE of the toilets on the plane is responding to their electronic flusher control – basically, the toilet would not flush.
It started with an announcement that we would be delayed just a few minutes to get it working and 3 hours later, we were still waiting on the tarmac for a new part or an engineer to get it fixed. It dawned on me how incredible this whole thing was. A seemingly small part – probably one of a few parts on the plane not actually required for it to physically fly had gone as far as completely grounding this aircraft. A part probably not often thought about or even regarded as important showed its value in a very big way. There is wisdom here, do you see it? do you believe it for U?
Sometime during the wait, I unfortunately cracked my tooth chewing on a nut and will have to see a local dentist in Zambia – issh!! 🙁 Well after 4hours of being stuck on the plane, sweaty and sticky, a part was stolen stripped from another plane and we were on our way. As a result of the delay, we missed our connection to Zambia, and British Airways was gracious to host us in a 5-star hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa for the night with comped meals 🙂
Anyway, as I mentioned, I am in Zambia with my team at the base of Overland Missions, high on a cliff overlooking the crazy rapids of the Zambezi River with Zimbabwe on the other side. It truly is an incredible sight, especially with Victoria falls a hop a skip and a mini-drive away.
It is just past mid-night, July 4th (Happy Buffday America) and we will be heading out in 6 hours to the Tonga people in Western Africa. We are heading out a day later than intended cause of the flight delay. However, we spent most of today getting ready and even prepping the trucks (we are riding dirty in 2 trucks) that will take us off the beaten path, on what will be a fun but uncomfortable and dirty adventure. This is almost a playback of riding a flatbed truck for 42hrs from Mozambique to Malawi.
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT 🙂
Well, most of the truck is packed up, greased up, the oil and fluids checked, no signs of leaks, all traps in place, all tools accounted for and on board, tire pressure? check! Yes, there was a checklist we had to go through to get the truck pepped up. Oh yea, food, machete, tents, Zodiac boats, portable fridge rigged to the truck and more…check, check, check, check!
Oh yea, get my now infected tooth pulled in Zambia and filled…Check!
Its been a busy day for sure. So yea, before we left, wanted to send this out – not sure how much internet we might have in next couple weeks.
Hope you are all doing well, there has been a lot of great advice come in for us with regards where we are going. I have also been pulled aside and been encouraged to bask in prayer as we go there, it seems to be a really evident darkness over that area, with a hunger for a revelation of power. We want to bring Gods power and authority. Please, please keep us in prayer as often as you can.
Love you guys, thanks for your support….For his name-sake.
