In the past two years I have experienced six countries (including my own). Last summer I went to Zambia and spent time in the capital of Lusaka and villages for about three and a half weeks. At the end of that trip I spent another few days in South Africa. Over Christmas I was in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Zambia’
ZamStory 4: Down in the River (or Tub) to Pray
Posted in Zambia, tagged Baptism, Evangelism, Zambia on 07/12/2009 | Leave a Comment »
The most important part of our trip was telling people about God. We were able to do this through the spiritual groups the Zambians were led through. Part of the waiting process involved being taught about God by one of the students at the bible college. Several people, based on the things they learned from [...]
ZamStory 3: The Optical Fairy
Posted in Zambia, tagged Eyeglasses, Wife, Zambia on 07/07/2009 | 1 Comment »
The Optical Fairy a.k.a Erin worked especially hard this year. First of all, she was the main retriever of glasses. Glenda and I would greet the patrons, take the ticket that described their need and called out a number that indicated which glasses to retrieve. Magically the glasses appeared in my hand. I then helped [...]
ZamStory 2: Football
Posted in Zambia, tagged Soccer, Teamwork, Zambia on 06/30/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last year some of the Americans joined with some Zambians on the medical team to play a football (soccer) game against a local Zambian team. The game ended in a tie and we won in shootout. This year we were able to play two games. The first game was against young adults/adolescents. We got beat. [...]
ZamStory 1: Lost in Translation
Posted in Zambia, tagged Counseling, Humor, Zambia on 06/27/2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the second day of clinic, about two hours after we started one of the team members approached me and said, “Joe (team leader) told me he wants you to do some counseling with a young girl about HIV/AIDS issues such as prevention.” I thought this was strange since nothing like this had been planned [...]
Typical Day at Clinic in Zambia
Posted in Zambia, tagged Schedule, Zambia on 06/19/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Typical Day During Clinic 0500: Wake-Up 0530-0600: Breakfast (Oatmeal at the campground or toast and cereal in the camp lounge) 0615-0630: Depart Campground 0630-as late as 1000: Travel to village Time of Arrival—about 1500 ended early enough to drive during daylight Sometime during the day eat peanut butter and honey sandwich/peanut butter crackers and peanut [...]
Leaving Zambia
Posted in Zambia, tagged Travel, Zambia on 06/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow morning I will be leaving Zambia. On our way home we are going to stop in Paris for a few days. It is exciting, but I am ready to be home. It truly is nice to have somewhere to lay your head that is comfortable. I am grateful I have a home to look [...]
Zambia
Posted in Zambia, tagged Zambia on 05/29/2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am leaving for Zambia in a few hours. I will share some stories when I return.
