Our Crazy Field Trip!

 Luke, Brent and the oldest 6 kids were invited by our friend and local vet, Ian Parsons to join him on a game capture. Ian is the man that game reserves call when animals need to be captured or tagged. This time the capture involved 100 Lechwe.  They used a helicopter to herd the Lechwe into the nets. The nets were set up in a U shape and as the helicopter got close to the nets a few blasts of the siren would send the Lechwe into the mouth of the net. The nets would be pulled by the group (Luke and Brent and other locals). The captured animals were being transferred to another game farm.................Aunt Sharon don't worry no animals were hurt during this capture!

Give Freely As You Have Received

Today 75 families from the local village next to us came and filled a garbage bag full of clothes per family!  The clothes were sent from the states in our container that arrived in May. This salaula (grab what you can) is the first of the many times we will be distributing clothes to the poor around us. We are so blessed that we have the opportunity to give of what God has given us!! Thank you to our supporters who gave us the money to send the container here to Zambia! Our next distribution will be at the chieftenness’ house with a large group of vulnerable women and children.   

A School Of Possibilities

We are excited at the opportunity to teach the Foundations For Farming principals at the local school near us. Terranova Basic School has asked Luke and Brent to help them create an agricultural program that is scripturally based and can be taught to the students grades 2-12. This program is grounded in scripture and will show these students how God views nature and how they can pattern their own lives after these principles. The school currently has a plot of land with water access that will be used as a demonstration plot.  The guys are meeting every Thursday afternoon with a group of teachers/students who are a part of a committee who will be assisting them with the program.  In the next couple of weeks we hope to help them clear the land and begin teaching these students about honoring God through farming His way.

ANTS

It’s cold season now here in Zambia. The rains are gone and the ants have come. There are not many bugs during this time of year but the ants are making up for it. We sweep piles of ants from our living room and bathroom! We have been told its just the time of year! Another new benefit of living in the bush!

LAPA

The Lapa is almost finished!!!Our workers have started the last stage of building…….putting the thatch on!! Hopefully in the next 2 weeks we can start having meetings and Luke and Brent can start their discipleship group! 

Family Legacy

Three weeks ago the 3 older kids and I went to Lusaka to be a part of a three day camp for 150-180 orphans put on by Family Legacy.  Our friends Clay and Erin Hughey are part of this ministry which takes kids that have no future and gives them love, a place to stay, education, and exposure to the Gospel.  It was a wonderful experience! Macie and Payton helped in the younger kids groups and Emma and I led a group of 13 and 14 year old girls. It was heart breaking hearing their stories of abuse and neglect. God really broke my heart for these girls. We had several times of prayer where you could feel the presence of the Holy Spirit so strongly! One new girl named ------ who had only been at the Tree of Life (the orphanage) for only 2 days accepted Christ and cried in my arms. Those three days with these girls changed my life forever. I really feel God planted a seed in my heart during the camp to start a once a month children’s Bible club here in Chik. I am so excited to build relationships with the kids around us and see all that God has in store!!

Salaula “Grab What You Can”

We have been busy unpacking the container and giving clothing, shoes and blankets away! We are just starting to organize all the donated items so we can have the families in the surrounding villages come with a trash bag and fill their bag full of clothes for their families. Thank you Jesus for this container and all the items that we are able to give away!

Kids are enjoying their bikes and their new bunk bed that came on the container too!!