Archive of "Zambia 2008" Category

• Ecclesia, Africa and Best Western Breakfasts

  August 27, 2008 0 Comments

  I’m sitting in the Best Western in Richmond, VA at the continental breakfast bar area. It’s been about 7 minutes since I had one of their breakfast sandwiches and things are already getting interesting in my stomach… but I …

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• Why Community is so Important to Mission

  July 10, 2008 3 Comments

  So, I’m almost on two weeks since I got back from Zambia. I feel like I was pretty prepared for the “missions trip high” (for lack of better way to describe it). I’ve done this before and like …

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• Are You Rioting with the Suburban Mob?

  July 2, 2008 23 Comments

  Okay, its been about a half a week since I’ve been back from Zambia. I’ve not done much deep writing around the trip because there is so much in my head that I am just trying to sort it …

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• Final Zambia Reflections

  June 28, 2008 0 Comments

  I am finally back from Zambia after two weeks of spending time with Pastor George Palo of Harvest City Church in Ndola, Zambia.  I have a ton in my head and I have to say that these two weeks will …

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• Zambia Update: Saturday, June 21, 2008

  June 21, 2008 1 Comment

  I am sitting in nice cosy guest house that we are in and just reflecting a bit on our last two days.  Its been an encouraging and challenging two days as we have begun to meet with the Zambian people …

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• Zambia Update: Friday Morning

  June 20, 2008 2 Comments

  I only have a limited amount of time here on the web.  I have to buy it by the half hour and I’m trying to get as much done in this time as possible.  But, not surprisingly, the web is …

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• Zamba Day 1-3: Sleep, Pot Holes, Victoria Falls

  June 18, 2008 0 Comments

  So, after about 36 hours of travel and maybe 2 hours of sleep, we arrived in Lusaka.  Sleeping on the plane was harder than I thought so I ended up just watching movies.  Five of them.  So, I saw: Charlie …

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• Waiting in JFK

  June 15, 2008 0 Comments

  So after a fantastic service at The Well this morning we’ve finally made it up to JFK airport in NYC.  (If you weren’t at The Well today… go to our church website and listen to Gary’s sermon on Acts …

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• Zambia Interary

  June 15, 2008 1 Comment

  This is the tentative itinerary for our team while we are in Zambia so that you can pray more specifically while we are gone.

  I might be posting updates here on my blog during the trip if time and technology allows.

  In …

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• Zambia by the Numbers

  June 14, 2008 0 Comments

  It’s now just under 24 hours before me and two other pastors (my good friend Tom Ward is one of them) make the trek to JFK Airport and head for Zambia on British Airways.

  Here is a rundown of the …

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• Zambian Food – MMM, MMM Good

  June 3, 2008 3 Comments

  If you are a regular reader you know that I head to Zambia in two weeks. One of the pastors I am going with noted the wikipedia entry has some good information about Zambia.

  An excerpt:
  “There are a …

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• Is the Bible “Missional?”

  May 19, 2008 4 Comments

  In about three weeks I head to Zambia. I’ll be spending two weeks there working with Pastor George Palo of Harvest City Church. I’ve known George for about a year now and I’m really excited to see his country and …

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• African Friends and Money Matters: 1-5

  May 8, 2008 2 Comments

  As I stated recently, I am reading the book African Friends and Money Matters in preparation for my trip to Zambia. This book is broken up into 90 general observations about the differences between African and Western cultures. …

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• Westerners in Africa, The Challenge

  May 6, 2008 0 Comments

  Since I am heading to Zambia in June this year I’ve been trying to do some reading and education about the challenge of westerners living and working in Africa. This challenge was made clear to my by my dad …

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• Information about Zambia

  April 16, 2008 0 Comments

  Some Facts About Zambia:

  64% of the population living on $1 or less a day,
  Unemployment rates hover at more than seventy percent
  30,000 children being born HIV-positive each year
  Of the population of 11 million, almost 10% or orphaned street kids.

  The …

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• Zambia or Bust

  April 16, 2008 4 Comments

  After a few weeks of praying and processing, I’ve accepted the invitation to head to Zambia, Africa to spend two weeks working with my good friend George Palo (a pastor from Ndola, Zambia).

  George will be leading me and …

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• Zambia 2008 Trip Itinerary

  April 16, 2008 0 Comments

  Tuesday, June 17
  Arrival and rest
  Evening tour of Lusaka (prayer for the Street Kids)

  Wednesday, June 18
  Speaking at Lusaka Leadership Conference – 4-hour bus ride to Livingstone in the evening

  Thursday, June 19
  Speaking at Livingstone Leadership Conference
  Late afternoon tour of Victoria …

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