Author Archives: Charles Hill

Last month we received a container of humanitarian goods from the US.  These will at first be distributed to the various congregations in the district.  Here is a report on the distribution to date. This is the distribution to the congregation at Chitanga. This is the distribution to the congregation located at the junction of the road to Lusaka/Chirundu and… Read more »

The first part of 2015 I was contacted by a group in Alabama through Healing Hands International. This group collects and distributed humanitarian help and then ships the containers to various places in the world. They were wanted to send a container to Zambia. As part of the shipment I would be able to include my library and a few… Read more »

WATER PROBLEMS The farmers in Zambia wait for the rains to begin before they begin to work their fields. All farmers in the Siavonga district are what would be called subsistence farmers. That is, what they grow provides for the family until the next year’s crop. But, in years where the rains do not come as they should problems can… Read more »

I want to keep blogging now to keep people up with what is happening right now. The decision to come back was very hard but physically I was in a place where I needed to do this. I had visited the hospital in Siavonga twice but it was clear that not much else could be done there. I came back… Read more »

If you do not know…I have returned to the US due to some unforeseen health problems. As a result Audrey did not join me in Zambia. At the present we are with my son Nathan and his family in Florida. Plans just now are to try and address the health challenge and recoup some physically and emotionally. My son is… Read more »