July 2nd

Dear Friends

Just wanted to take a moment and update you on what has been going on this week. As we wrote last time, we had a team here from Vacaville, California. The team left this morning but was such a blessing in helping to complete some major projects at Action Zambia’s Ciyanjano Ministry Center. Our family so enjoyed getting to know the team and we have some great memories to remember them by.

On the ministry front Luke has begun to work with a discipleship group made up of local pastors and church leaders. This group is going through a study called 2:7 which is developed and published by Navigators ministry out of Colorado Springs. They meet twice a week for about two hours and the focus of the course is to help equip these men with a better understanding on how to effectively disciple individuals in their own churches. Luke is helping facilitate the class which is being led by his good friend and fellow missionary Brent Roberts. What a blessing these men have been to Brent and Luke as they teach each other how to better make disciples of all men. The upcoming lesson is on “Love In Action” and Brent and Luke will be taking the class to visit patients at the local hospital UTH.

The hospital visitation ministry has taken on some new developments this past week as Luke has sought the permission of the Lusaka Province Health Board to not only be visiting the main teaching hospital, UTH, but also the many compound clinics around the Lusaka area. This would be a huge blessing as it will allow the pastors he is working with to ministry in the immediate areas where the churches they pastor are located. Previously, getting pastors to UTH (University Teaching Hospital) was a bit of a challenge due to transportation difficulties. Please pray that Action Zambia will be granted permission to work in these clinics as it would be a huge open door for hospital ministries to expand.

Elise continues on with home schooling, although you can be praying for the process as this past week was not a pleasant one. Most of her concerns surround teaching math to Macie as they seem to not always get along so well. She also is working on getting a music ministry developed at Hope of Glory Revival Fire Ministries (what a name) which is the church of our good friend Pastor Colins Chipaya. This would mostly entail helping introduce new songs and better coordination of musical during services.

Other than that we are doing well and praise God that all of us our in good health. Thanks again for all you do in enabling us to minister to needing here in Zambia. We love you all and look forward to hearing from you soon.

His Servants

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