I left Lusaka on
October 1 to head up to Ndola to
spend a few weeks here helping at a few different orphanages. My first week
here was very relaxing, I was hoping for more work to do, but there was not
much to be done this week. The
ministerial college was meeting this week and I spent Wednesday with the
Pastors wives and went to a Bible study with them (One was from Chicago and the
other from Nebraska ). I enjoyed being able to spend time with other
Americans as I was getting settled into Ndola
and I was encouraged by their faith and the fellowship I had with them. Thursday I went to one of the children’s
ministries. It was a home set up for
children whose families in need, a few of the children were orphaned, but most
of them were staying at the house until their family is financially able to
care for them. Friday I was at home and
spent most of the day reading and also was able to enjoy dinner and fellowship
with the American Pastor’s and their wives at Kabwe Kabwe’s home. Saturday I
went to the youth group that the church here has and Sunday morning I was at
Pastor Kabwe’s church for part of the service, but I spent most of the morning
with Pastor Kabwe’s wife at the Sunday school she teaches about 20 minutes from
the church.
This week I will be at another orphanage and school, I am
not sure of what I’ll be doing, but I am praying that I will be a help
there.
Lord willing I will be in Ndola
until October 20, then will be going to Kitwe
which is about 40 minutes from Ndola . I will be staying at a mission’s organization
there and working at a disabled orphanage.
I will be there until November 11 then will be back to Lusaka
until November 20. I am really enjoying
my time here and am very thankful that God has given me this opportunity to
come to Zambia .
Please continue to pray that the Lord will use me here to be
a help and a witness for Him and also please pray that I will find comfort in
the Lord and know His presence, often times (especially at night and Sundays) I
begin to feel lonely and homesick. Thank
you all for your kind words of encouragement and for your prayers!
