Medical outreach in the villages Another part of the work that is being done in the Siavonga District involves bringing some basic medical services to the people in the villages. Judith Phiri, Charles’ wife, has received training to administer a limited number of medications to people after a simple evaluation. These medications must be purchased at a chemist in Lusaka…. Read more »

Well Repair A large part of what the work in Zambia has been repairing water wells. It developed quite by accident with two wells that I learned needed a couple of pipes to get them working again. I provided the funds for the pipes and got the water flowing again. At that time we were purchasing some bulk vitamins and… Read more »

THEN AND NOW I am still learning this new-fangled technology. Here we go with another entry to the blog I first went to Siavonga, Zambia in 1999. We had raised the funds to build a church building in Siavonga on a plot the council had given to the church. I said (to myself) that if I could raise the money… Read more »

Future churches What is beginning to happen in the district is that people are calling and asking about the church. Specifically they are asking us to “bring the church” to their village. This is exciting but we must be careful. We want to start congregations that will survive. We also do not want to begin them for the “wrong” reasons…. Read more »

What’s going on? I’m still not used to this blogging thing. It seems that I should be doing it more often but… In Zambia this time of year people are beginning to look toward the coming of the rainy season. With the rainy season comes the planting of their fields. They are beginning to prepare the ground by clearing it… Read more »