Here come the cattle…

Filed Under News by Pastor Meredith

July 8, 2008, 10 a.m. (Message #6)

(via e-mail from Pr. Meredith Lovell)

Greetings from Zambia! The St. Paul’s Zambia Mission Team is now well into their 2½ week mission trip.

On Sunday the team spent the morning worshiping with the rest of the community. There was lots of singing, praying and the sharing of the Word. It was nothing like our worship experience back home at St. Paul’s, but it was truly wonderful, nonetheless. In the evening, several members of the team went to see the football (that would be American soccer) game that was taking place between the two Farm teams. We decided to bring about 30 of the children from the orphanage with us. Right in the middle of the game, about a dozen cattle came wandering through the sidelines. Between the cattle and the kids, we didn’t watch much football, but we sure had a wonderful time.

On Monday the team began their two-day Vacation Bible School program with the children. We led crafts, music, recreation, snack, story time and Bible study. It was a huge hit! In the afternoon, we began our painting project in two rooms of the orphanage. After much scraping, washing and spackling, we’re ready to jump into painting tomorrow. Then last evening we attended a village fellowship in one of the villages on the Farm. We gathered for singing, worship, dinner and fellowship. The shema, chicken, rape (a local vegetable in Zambia) and sweet potato leaves were delicious. It was a busy day to say the least!

Tomorrow we’ll do another morning of VBS and painting in the afternoon. Then on Wednesday we head to Chobe Game Park in Botswana for our day of safari.

Please continue to keep the team in your prayers. We so appreciate all of your prayers and support!