We arrived Friday afternoon.  It was a five hour trip to the airport, three flights for a total of twenty hours in the air, and 12.5 hours of layovers.  All of our luggage arrived and we made the journey safely to the J-Life training center south of Ndola Zambia.  Needless to say, we are ready…

Front: Tom Widmer, Ryan Miller, Paige Slabaugh, Addie Rath, Steve Anderson, Bob Rotzoll. Back: Glenda Widmer and Rosemary Slabaugh Word has arrived this morning, 11/19, from Zambia! The team is doing well. They arrived safely in Zambia on Friday. However, they do not have an internet connection at this time. They have had one work day so…

Thank you for your prayers for our Zambia team. They departed at 1:30pm, Wednesday, 11/14 and will arrive in Zambia on Friday at 6:00am our time. (Their time zone is 7 hours ahead of our time zone.)  

On November 15 these good lookin’ folks will be taking off for Zambia (in the southern part of Africa). They will going to serve for 10 days in Zambia with J-Life, our missions partner organization in Africa ran by John Abrahamse (the guy that speaks about once per year at Grace with a goofy accent). They…

Today is the day we emerge from “the bush” and begin our long journey home. It has been a good week, much different than we anticipated, but a time filled with divine encounters. God truly did bless us and we have been assured that we were a blessing to our new friends. J-Life Zambia is…

David had gone back to Ndola after the service last night to get supplies. We did what jobs we could until he returned. At about 9AM, six people showed up to begin their discipleship, confirming the decision they made last night. We all admitted that we were surprised, Pastor Joe said he was not. Joe…

Worked for a few hours this morning doing shower tiling, then we split into three groups and walked to local villages to invite people to view the Jesus video at the training center tonight. This was really an great experience as we got to see where people really live. It really makes you realize how…

Worked all day on the training center. Mike and Elvis assembled the platform and put the water heater framework on the roof. Bob and I painted walls with Pastor Joe. One of the frustrating things you learn to expect is never having the right tools or hardware to work with. The wood for the framework…

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