Thursday, May 13, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
More Team Stories....
Here are a few more team stories:
On the bus ride back to Ndola from Kasempa we were asked to give 10 of the leaders a ride to their home town. As we started out they began singing and worshiping on the bus for an hour. It was like having a Zambian symphony playing live and we got to join them. - Sandra Files
On Tuesday, Shawn and I led a conference for about 60 Vineyard Pastors and Leaders from the Kasempa Region. Some of them had to travel for more than 2 hours. It was amazing to learn that some had traveled by bike and foot and when they arrived they slept on the church floor for two nights. Their desire for training was so strong they were willing to deal with many hardships to get it. In the US, people are willing to camp out or travel great distances to meet a celebrity or see a concert, but few of us would go to those extremes to see two unknowns, but they did just that. Their enthusiasm was inspiring. - Robb Klipp
I feel God is showing me how to totally rely on him for my needs. While having VBS with the children, I noticed a gentleman standing outside the property. I approached him and spoke, he just nodded his head. I went back to the children. Sometime later one of the children grabbed my hand trying to tell me something, but I was not able to understand him. One of the older kids came and said he was telling me that his uncle wanted me to pray for him. He led me to that same gentleman standing outside the property where we were having VBS. - Clint Ward
On the bus ride back to Ndola from Kasempa we were asked to give 10 of the leaders a ride to their home town. As we started out they began singing and worshiping on the bus for an hour. It was like having a Zambian symphony playing live and we got to join them. - Sandra Files
On Tuesday, Shawn and I led a conference for about 60 Vineyard Pastors and Leaders from the Kasempa Region. Some of them had to travel for more than 2 hours. It was amazing to learn that some had traveled by bike and foot and when they arrived they slept on the church floor for two nights. Their desire for training was so strong they were willing to deal with many hardships to get it. In the US, people are willing to camp out or travel great distances to meet a celebrity or see a concert, but few of us would go to those extremes to see two unknowns, but they did just that. Their enthusiasm was inspiring. - Robb Klipp
I feel God is showing me how to totally rely on him for my needs. While having VBS with the children, I noticed a gentleman standing outside the property. I approached him and spoke, he just nodded his head. I went back to the children. Sometime later one of the children grabbed my hand trying to tell me something, but I was not able to understand him. One of the older kids came and said he was telling me that his uncle wanted me to pray for him. He led me to that same gentleman standing outside the property where we were having VBS. - Clint Ward
Saturday, May 1, 2010
We are almost home!!
As I am typing this we are in the air somewhere between Atlanta and New Orleans. We are all eager to be back home with our friends and family. I know we will share lots of stories over the next week. I have to admit that I am bit sad though. As a team we shared a lot together. We laughed, sang, worked, played and cried together. I will miss hanging out with each person on this team and I could not have asked God for a better group of people with which to share this trip. Each one of them gave all of themselves to God for the last two weeks and blessed the people of Zambia.
To Sandra, Robb, Janet, Rich, Dave, Scott, Clint, and Ana I enjoyed every minute with you and will be forever grateful for the bond that we have together through this experience. My prayer is that you will never lose a passion for the people of Zambia and the memories of this trip will be forever fresh.
Blessings,
Shawn
To Sandra, Robb, Janet, Rich, Dave, Scott, Clint, and Ana I enjoyed every minute with you and will be forever grateful for the bond that we have together through this experience. My prayer is that you will never lose a passion for the people of Zambia and the memories of this trip will be forever fresh.
Blessings,
Shawn
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