Jan. 7, 2008

On Monday we headed back to Lusaka. Before we left Livingstone Alfred, Brian and Janette stopped at John's house (the carpenter who worked on Alfred's house). We also stopped briefly in Choma to visit a family there.

Family in Choma.Blocks that Jon makes.
John's outside workshop.

Jan. 6, 2008

Hamchile and his wife that hosted dinner for us Sunday night.

Zach, Lumba, Alfred, Brian, Brandon, and Beth at the game park.


Brandon and a giraffe at the game park.

Beautiful Victoria Falls!!

Jan. 6, 2008

On Sunday, January 6 we headed to Livingstone to attend church. Alfred preached the sermon that morning. Later we went to Victoria Falls, and the animal game park. We ate dinner at Hamchile's house (a recent graduate from a seminary in Africa) and we stayed the night at a guest house.


Ready for church.Brian and the pastor of the church in Livingstone. Two soccer balls were given to the church.

The Livingstone Church building (it is currently under construction).

Janette, Zach, and Beth handed out packets to the children of the Livingstone Church.

Jan. 5, 2008

Small river that we had to drive through to get to the Choma Secondary School.

Alfred and Janette in front of the Choma Secondary School that Alfred attended.
Choma Secondary School.

Brian and Alfred in front of Choma Secondary School.

Jan. 5, 2008

On Saturday, January 5th Alfred, Brian, Janette, Zach, Brandon, Lumba (Alfred's son), and Beth traveled to Zimba with stops over at Mazabuka Skills Training Center and Choma Secondary School. We stayed at a mission in Zimba.


A classroom that holds about 50 students at the Mazabuka Skills Training Center.

Giving a soccer ball to the Mazabuka Skills Training Center. Two balls were previously given to the school in preparation for a tournament.

Mazabuka Skills Training Center.

Jan. 5, 2008

Alfred and Muumbe fertilizing the bananas by hand.

Fertilizing the bananas by hand early in the morning.

Jan. 4, 2008

Land waiting to be plowed.

Son's bedroom converted to a chicken's coop.

Homemade welder.

Jan. 4, 2008

Muumbe, Janette, and Beth flew to Ndola to visit the God Is Able School that Muumbe started. (Picture 1: Three students in thier school uniforms. Picture 2: Three teachers at the God Is Able School)

While the girls were in Ndola the guys went to the banana nursery, the tractor operator/mechanics house, and visited two agricultural officials. (Picture 1: Manager and Chief agronomist of the banana nursery. Picture 2: Brandon by a banana tree. Picture 3: Zach, Alfred, the tractor driver and family.)

Jan. 3, 2008

Visited the ILISA office and met the staff. Janette worked on the ILISA books with Leonard, the accountant. (Picture: Janette and Leonard with the new computer he received.)

Brian, Brandon, Zach, Beth and Alfred visited the Kanyama Pilgrim Wesleyan Church in Lusaka. (Picture 1: Kanyama Pilgrim Wesleyan Church building. Picture 2: Beth with some of the children after they received soccer balls.)

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Here we are in London














The tractor and the mechanic




























This is a typical Lusaka road.

Tractor at Work

Here are a few pictures of the tractor at work in Zambia helping to plant bananas.