Today we went to our neighbour's (Emmanuel & Zenia) church. It was a small congregation meeting in a school hall but it was a powerful service that we all enjoyed. After church Tim, Jim and Jan went to Ndola Motor sports club to watch our friend Dale (Lene's husband) compete in a motocross competition.

Monday 15th

Our usual day of rest was anything but! Tim, Natalie and Jo went with Lifeline to run an AID’s awareness and testing day for teenagers in a rural village. We did a short talk on what the Bible says about sex and then helped with the testing. Jo and Natalie took blood samples while Tim wrote down the results. It was an amazingly successful day where only 2 of the 47 people tested positive, compared to the last time when 50 of 76 did. Jan did her usual Monday morning teaching at the college while Jim had a relatively painless experience extending the visas at immigration, before working on team admin and getting gas refills for our forthcoming camping trip.

Tuesday 16th

In the morning Jim, Tim, Natalie and Jo went to Kamfinsa. The girls held a prayer meeting with Pastor Albert, praying with three ladies. Praying specifically that they would be protected from evil spirits and be healed from joint pains. A friend of ours had suggested that Pastor Albert’s poor health may be due to worms which are apparently rife in unwashed fruit and veg here. So we provided his whole family with worm tablets. The boys did several runs to a local sandpit in order that they could start cementing the floor of the teacher’s house. This wasn’t helped by running over two nails and having a slow puncture! Jan visited St Anthony's playing with cerebral palsy children and the toddlers before picking up Fred (SoapBox Trustee) from the airport. We all met back at home to meet Fred and have lunch together. In the afternoon we had another incredible lecture from Lene.

Wednesday 17th

Tim and Jim set off early on their bikes to go out with Lifeline installing pumps in rural villages. They covered three wells that were previously uncovered and open to contamination and installed manual pumps. The girls and Fred spent the morning raking grass at Farmfresh, then after another typically Zambian lunch, headed to Isubilo for the afternoon. At Isubilo they gave Fred a whirlwind tour and then joined in with the choir.

Thursday 18th

Today we all travelled to Kamfinsa together. Jim and Tim continued cementing the floors while Jan washed the walls of the teacher’s houses. Meanwhile Natalie, Jo and Fred were running a taxi service into Ndola, picking up iron roof panels and buying more bags of cement. They then fed us all with sweet potatoes in a tomato sauce. In the afternoon we had our final lecture from Laurie on what we are passionate about. In the evening we had our final Bible study on Ephesians.

 Friday 19th

Tim, Natalie and Jo enjoyed Fred’s company on their day off. Jan and Jim did the weekly shop in the morning before going to St Anthony's in the afternoon. 

Saturday 20th

In the morning we went to Isubilo for the first time without Hettie. We played volleyball, football, painted nails, did puzzles, held a photo shoot, played jenga and helped with reading and writing. The afternoon study on Acts was led by Natalie and then Fred treated us to an ice cream.

Prayer points:

·       Pastor Albert- that he will respond well to the tablets.

·       Our involvement in renovating the slide at the Blind School and building work at Kamfinsa.

·       Preparation for our trip to Lusaka at the end of the week.