Greetings again from Zambia. AMT is soon coming to a screeching halt, there is less than three weeks remaining. I leave Zambia on August 5. I’ll be back in the US before you know it. When I return, I will be having an open house telling the tales of the summer and what's in store for the future. There will be one in Stevens Point and one in the Lake Geneva area so check your inbox soon for more details.
Thank you for voting for the North Face Photo Challenge. We achieved in three days what people had nearly three months to do. We finished 160 and 162 for both pictures so both made the top 250. The North Face editors will review the photos and then I find out in August who won. I think we have a pretty good shot at winning. Thank you again!
There are new photos up. Check it out on the right side of this page or by clicking here.
We’ve been really busy lately! Last week we had more leadership training, finished GPS, had 4x4 recovery and driving and Bible theology. This week we finished 4x4 recovery and driving. I had the opportunity to teach some of the classes for 4x4 (winching, jacking and driving strategy). Also this week we had fundraising, Come Back Alive, World’s Most Dangerous Places and more Bible theology.
Come Back Alive is a book talking about survival in the most unpleasant and uncompromising situations and what to do to Come Back Alive such as kidnapping, wilderness survival and driving. World’s Most Dangerous Places is a book explaining all the nasty unpleasantries in the world such as landmines, bribes, getting arrested, kidnappings and terrorism.
We’ve also been working on our final project which is researching and implementing a Sector Management plan in Angola, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Each group is assigned to one of the countries and they are responsible for researching and developing a ministry plan including expeditions, LIFE Project, SAM Project, Rural Pastors Network and Mandate 3.
- Expeditions are all of the short-term expeditions who come alongside what the sector manager is doing.
- LIFE Project stands for living in family environments. The goal is to provide rural villagers with a family support structure, particularly those affected by famine, disease, unclean water and HIV/AIDS.
- SAM Project is sustainable agriculture and micro-economy. The goal is to provide villages with a viable food source for themselves but also they can sell their crops in local markets to make a living.
- Rural Pastors Network is a resource to equip and empower rural pastors through discipleship and training.
- Mandate 3 seeks to train rural villagers with basic medical training and prevention so that they can improve the quality of life recognizing that you must heal mind, body and spirit and they all three are connected together.
We’re finishing up with AMT really quick. In a week we’re going out to the bush for ministry and then AMT is over. I’m excited to be done but it has been a great time meeting so many like minded individuals. It’s been really busy lately as we’re cramming everything into the last few weeks here.
Thank you for reading and I look forward to talking personally with everyone soon!
