Our Off-Road Fridge has Arrived! 😃 Thank you for everyone who contributed Discovery Miles to enable us to purchase this fridge at an incredible 55% discount! God has really used your generosity to prove to us His faithfulness to provide for our every need. Thank you very much indeed! God has proven his faithfulness to […]
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The Call In September-October of 2020 I experienced a clear call to missions from God. I believe that God has clearly led me through prayerful study of His Word to accept John Leach’s request for me to come to Chavuma, Zambia to take over the work that he has started there as he plans on
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When it rains it pours! They say when it rains it pours and boy have we experienced all of that in the last two months. Just when we thought it couldn’t get worse, it got worse! It has been a true test of faith and endurance. We have been through some trying times but we truly
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Greetings from a very dry and dusty Lusaka amidst the deep winter blues. The temperatures have been relatively moderate for winter and things are dryer than ever due to the lack of rain. Given the extensive hours of load-shedding we are experiencing at the moment…
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We are parents of a Baby Boy! Oh boy! Our lives have drastically changed this past month in the most amazing and exciting way by. We have become parents of a baby boy! We are so grateful to God for entrusting us with this incredible responsibility to raise this boy and help him to thrive.
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We found the adoption process in Zambia quite different from other places we have heard of. I decided to blog about our personal experience for those interested to know how it works. Step 1: Submitting an Application The first step in the adoption process is submitting an adoption application to the District of Social Welfare
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On 20 June 2024 at around midday, I received the exciting news that I have become a father! We received a call from the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) in Lusaka informing us that we have been matched with a 6-month old baby boy named ‘Hope Moses’! Wow! This was the most exciting news I
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We have done our best to keep on top of things while facing sickness, fielding curveballs and enduring more than 12 hours of load-shedding daily.
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To be honest when we first arrived in Mongu I wasn’t convinced that we need to come here. It seemed like there was no place for me but I quickly discovered how wrong I was.
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We managed to find a gap in our busy schedule to take an exploration trip to Mongu and the Barotseland floodplains. This is our first vision trip to the Western Province of Zambia since joining SIM. Our objective on this trip was to explore this area to confirm whether or not this is where we
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Time Apart One only realises how much you need someone when you are forced to spend time apart. This month has been crazy busy with lots of comings and goings here at the SIM base. Michael and I have spent quite a bit of time in different places of the country at different times, due
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I am so grateful for the lessons I learned at the Preaching Parables Simeon Trust Workshop in Kitwe. Wow! I learned so much and had wonderful fellowship with other pastors from various churches in Zambia. I attended the Simeon Trust Expository Preaching Workshop held in Kitwe, Zambia on 10-12 April 2024 hosted at Faith Baptist
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This month we have the most exciting news to share with you. It’s the kind of news that will change our lives drastically, but in the best way possible.
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It turned out to be so much more complicated than we thought. Every adoption agency we talked to in SA said it couldn’t be done.
The surprising thing was that John had never heard the gospel like this before despite having been to church.
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What we thought was impossible, became possible because of God. We are still buzzing with excitement because of all God has done this month.
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Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these.”
From our first meeting with Dr. Paul Kayumba he stressed to us that children’s ministry was his biggest priority.
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Blessings abound in 2023 Blessings to you dear friends! I can hardly believe that we are at the end of 2023! This year has gone by so fast and much of it feels like a blur but we want to take pause to reflect on all that the Lord has done for us this year.
Our prayer for you this Christmas is that you will be filled with joy and happiness as you celebrate God’s amazing gift of Jesus, the Prince of Peace, Mighty God.
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I have been visiting the panel-beater daily to oversee the repair of Abraham (our vehicle). Since Abe arrived in Lusaka, it has been at the panel-beater’s workshop. I am a bit nervous about the Zambian-style work environment because it doesn’t look professional. It hurts just to see Abraham surrounded by all those other smashed up
Our vehicle (Abraham) has finally arrived in Lusaka. It has arrived with some injuries sustained in transit in an accident with a motorcycle in Tanzania. Abraham arrived in Lusaka on Sunday, 3 December late in the afternoon. Abe was delivered directly to the panel-beater’s yard (the ‘hospital’) where he will be getting some repairs. Now
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It was an absolute joy and an huge encouragement to us to have Denzil Abrahams join us in ministry for a whole week! Denzil came to Lusaka for my ordination service and stayed with us a full week afterwards.
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