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
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Team Stories
Here are a few stories from some of our team members:
"It was such a God moment when we pulled up to the Compassionate Vineyard in Kasempa and the leaders were inside worshiping. The sound was so beautiful. I was amazed at how well they harmonized together. It did not matter that I did not know the words; worship is worship no matter where you are." - Ana Rich
"The children in Kasempa were truly amazing! Being my first missions trip, and not truly knowing what to expect, I was blown away. I've never seen kids so excited. Just something as a touch or a smile meant everything to them. God is truly working in this place." - David Gooch
"We have come over 10,000 miles to pray fro the sick, bring clean water to the people and encourage them. Although, we came to give, we have received from them. They have showed us how to have joy and peace when they have very little according to our standards. We Americans have so much to learn." - Rich Cabiro
"It was such a God moment when we pulled up to the Compassionate Vineyard in Kasempa and the leaders were inside worshiping. The sound was so beautiful. I was amazed at how well they harmonized together. It did not matter that I did not know the words; worship is worship no matter where you are." - Ana Rich
"The children in Kasempa were truly amazing! Being my first missions trip, and not truly knowing what to expect, I was blown away. I've never seen kids so excited. Just something as a touch or a smile meant everything to them. God is truly working in this place." - David Gooch
"We have come over 10,000 miles to pray fro the sick, bring clean water to the people and encourage them. Although, we came to give, we have received from them. They have showed us how to have joy and peace when they have very little according to our standards. We Americans have so much to learn." - Rich Cabiro
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Sunday (April 25th) Update
Today we had the opportunity to go to some of the churches in the Ndola area.
Rich and David went to Pastor Felix's church in Twapia Compound. Rich did a teaching on healing and share his testimony of how God had healed him several times in his life. Afterwards Rich and David prayed for healing for a number of the church members and saw God do some amazing things in the lives of the people there.
Robb and Janet went to Pastor Francis' church in the Mapalo Compound. Robb did a teaching on the importance of every church member being involved in the work of ministry. This was Robb's third year to teach in Mapalo and it was like a home homecoming.
Shawn and Ana went to Pastor David's church in the city of Kitwe. Shawn did a teaching on the fact that God made all of us Missionaries and that we all have a calling to go out and share God's love with the people around us. It was an exciting time of teaching and prayer. After the teaching Shawn and Ana prayed for a number of the church members who wanted to commit their lives to God and share God's love in their own cities and villages.
Sandra, Clint, and Scott went to Pastor Damas's church in the City of Ndola. There they each shared a little testimony of what God has been doing on our trip and then had the opportunity to hear Pastor Damas teach.
We all had a great time today spending time with our friends here in Zambia!!
Rich and David went to Pastor Felix's church in Twapia Compound. Rich did a teaching on healing and share his testimony of how God had healed him several times in his life. Afterwards Rich and David prayed for healing for a number of the church members and saw God do some amazing things in the lives of the people there.
Robb and Janet went to Pastor Francis' church in the Mapalo Compound. Robb did a teaching on the importance of every church member being involved in the work of ministry. This was Robb's third year to teach in Mapalo and it was like a home homecoming.
Shawn and Ana went to Pastor David's church in the city of Kitwe. Shawn did a teaching on the fact that God made all of us Missionaries and that we all have a calling to go out and share God's love with the people around us. It was an exciting time of teaching and prayer. After the teaching Shawn and Ana prayed for a number of the church members who wanted to commit their lives to God and share God's love in their own cities and villages.
Sandra, Clint, and Scott went to Pastor Damas's church in the City of Ndola. There they each shared a little testimony of what God has been doing on our trip and then had the opportunity to hear Pastor Damas teach.
We all had a great time today spending time with our friends here in Zambia!!
Saturday (April 24) Update
Sorry this is late but we had a hard time getting good internet access!
Today Robb and Shawn taught 25 Vineyard Pastors and Leaders from around the Ndola area. We had a lot of fun teaching and sharing with them. We are always amazed at how much they trust God even with all the challenges they face.
The rest of the team did a VBS (Vacation Bible School) in Mapalo for 100 kids. We had not planned to do this but Pastor Francis requested it so everyone felt like we needed to make it happen. They did an awesome job of putting together a program for the kids. The kids were very excited to see the team and spend time with them.
Today Robb and Shawn taught 25 Vineyard Pastors and Leaders from around the Ndola area. We had a lot of fun teaching and sharing with them. We are always amazed at how much they trust God even with all the challenges they face.
The rest of the team did a VBS (Vacation Bible School) in Mapalo for 100 kids. We had not planned to do this but Pastor Francis requested it so everyone felt like we needed to make it happen. They did an awesome job of putting together a program for the kids. The kids were very excited to see the team and spend time with them.
Arrived in Livingstone.
We arrived Monday in Livingstone, Zambia. Sorry we have not updated since then, but the internet has been very very slow. Our drive from Ndola was good for a 12 hour drive on bumpy roads. The team is doing well we will have a few days of relaxation before heading back home.
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