By Adam on Saturday, August 16, 2008Filed Under: General
One afternoon, while in northern Zambia, our team was invited to visit the homes of the people in a small bush village. We delivered blankets (it is winter in the southern hemisphere right now - in Zambia temperatures will drop into the 40’s at night on the coldest nights) and food parcels (corn […]
By Adam on Wednesday, August 13, 2008Filed Under: General
[This is the third of four installments about our recent Africa mission trip.]
After spending two days in Zambia our team returned to South Africa, flying to the city of Durban on the Indian Ocean. The population of greater Durban is 3.5 million. It has a beautiful and scenic downtown along the ocean. […]
By Adam on Wednesday, August 6, 2008Filed Under: General
[I had intended to post photos and commentary from Africa over the last two weeks but I had no Internet access from my computer, so what follows over the next few days are chronological posts of a few of the things we experienced and did while in Africa.]
After our first full day in Johannesburg, […]
By Adam on Friday, July 25, 2008Filed Under: General
The next two weeks I am in Africa with other members from the church. I’ll be sending back a handful of posts and photos. After leaving Kansas City on Monday at 12:30 p.m. we flew to Washington D.C., Dakar and finally we arrived on Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m. in South Africa. […]
By Adam on Sunday, July 20, 2008Filed Under: General
On Monday, July 21, LaVon and I are heading to Africa as a part of a mission team from our church. We’ll be spending several days in the northern part of Zambia where we’ll visit the orphanages and ministry centers we support that provide end of life care for women infected with AIDS. We’ll then […]
By Adam on Tuesday, July 8, 2008Filed Under: General
On the weekend of June 28-29 our worship team met on retreat at Glen Eyrie Retreat Center in Colorado Springs (this is a fabulous place - owned by the Navigators - it is adjacent to the Garden of the Gods). We spent 3 days together praying, hiking, eating, discerning, studying and planning as we […]