We’ve spent the past two weeks partnering with a group of 13
Americans, made up of people from our team’s supporting congregations. It was
an awesome two weeks! So much good was done working with the congregations
in the area and with villagers on educating their children.
We had a team that went out each day to work with three
different church plants in the area. They all studied together, Americans and
Zambians, about what evangelism means and how we can reach out to our
communities. Then they would spend the afternoons going out with Zambian church
leaders to local villages to spread the Gospel. I loved hearing about the
partnership between Zambians and Americans as they worked together, and also the
encouragement that was spread to these Christian leaders that are trying to
bring Christ to their communities.
The education team was split into pairs, and each pair
worked with two separate Zambian families. The goal was to help the parents
better understand how they can help their children learn more at home and to
spread the word in their area. We worked with Christian families, so they
already see the importance of this concept. They will take the knowledge they
now have and share with others in their community. Things as simple as having
their children practice writing their names in the dirt every day and
practicing math problems with corn cobs that are lying around—it was great!
The last day of the campaign was a medical day spent
partnering with our local Mumena clinic. Thanks to everyone who was a part of
sending these individuals over or who came to be a part of our campaign this
year! It was a blessing!
Here are just a few pictures of our time together:
