Zambia Dental Mission 2012 Pictures

  London – Dr. Fricke and Judy

London – Brian, Sarah, Trevor

At the Lusaka Airport with Alfred

Lusaka –Outside the Dental Training School

Victoria Falls – Livingstone

Victoria Falls – Livingstone

Jembo Hospital 

Jembo Hospital 

Jembo Hospital 

Church in Livingstone

  Zimba Hospital

  Zimba Hospital

  Zimba Hospital

  Zimba Hospital

Zimba Hospital - Alick  

Zimba Hospital

Dinner in Zimba with Dr. Dan and Joan

Chobe Safari

                                               

Chobe Safari

Chobe Safari

                                                          

Zimba Hospital

Zimba Hospital

Zimba Hospital

Zimba Hospital

Sunset

Alick's Family: Idah, Caleb and Faith

Last night – Dinner at Mugg and Bean in Lusaka

Dropping us off at the airport –thank you for a FABULOUS week!

Our amazing support from the U.S. Thank you Maydew’s for making this week possible!

8/20/12-8/22/12

We worked in the Zimba Mission Hospital all day Monday, Tuesday and for a few hours Wednesday morning. Dr. Fricke, Alick, Brian and Trevor combined saw over 200 patients. Some of the patients took quite a while - the teeth would often break below the gum line as a result of being rotten and decayed, but the pros made it work.

We attended chapel every morning at 8 am before seeing patients. The service began with a song and then a brief sermon, which Alick preached on Tuesday and Wednesday. We sang "How Great Thou Art" Tuesday morning in Tonga (village language)....once again it was very powerful to hear the passion in their voices! It is unbelievable how just a few voices can fill the whole chapel praising God!
We stayed at the Zimba Mission House Sunday night through Wednesday. Dr. Dan Jones and his wife Dr. Joan made some wonderful meals in spite of their busy work schedules. We had a great time in fellowship with them as well as Alick, his wife Idah and children: Caleb and Faith. We gave Caleb a soccer ball and had a blast playing in the house with him. We were able to leave many dental instruments, medications and supplies with Alick.

We arrived in Lusaka around 5 pm and met Alfred at Mugg and Bean restaurant for a great dinner. It was fun to catch up and tell him some of the stories from our week in the villages. He told us a few stories about the impact that the dental team had in the lives of some patients. One lady walked for 2 days to get to the Jembo Hospital to get a few bothersome teeth extracted. It is hard to fathom!

We took a tour of Alfred and Muumbe's beautiful home and packed our bags to head to the airport bright and early in the morning. The week flew by way too fast! We appreciate all that Alfred did to organize our week stay-everything was planned out and worked perfect! Alfred's son Lumba has been a fabulous chauffeur as well as dental assistant and interpreter-thank you for the great memories!

We also appreciate Brian and Janette Maydew for sending our team to Zambia to do dental mission work. Your faithfulness to God is evident in the way you live your life - thank you!


God bless,
Dr Fricke, Judy, Trevor, Brian and Sarah

8/19/12

Sunday
     What a fabulous Sunday we had! We started out attending an amazing church, Pilgrim Wesleyan in Livingstone.  There are no words to describe the love and passion for our Savior that is expressed within the walls of that church.  The walls were shaking from a small choir made up of about 20 men and women.  It was great to sing some of the same songs as we do in the states, but their voices and passion are indescribable.
     After church we went into town to have lunch at Hungary Lions.  It has been fun to try different Zambian restaurants throughout the week.  We packed our bags and took off for an afternoon at Victoria Falls.  The day was absolutely perfect! Since it is dry season, we heard that you are able to go to "Devils Pool."  It is found about a quarter mile from the bank at edge of the falls.  You can jump off a 20 foot ledge into a small area and swim within a few feet of a 300 foot drop...what a rush!! We jumped off the ledge, swam and took quite a few pictures.  Not thinking much of it, we began heading that way and were approached by a guide offering to lead us over.  Thank goodness he did.  We talked him down from $150 to $50  for Brian, Trevor, Lumba, Dalton and myself.  When we got back to the bank, we were approached by a very serious looking gentleman dressed in green with a rifle slung over his shoulder. We were informed that it was illegal to cross the river and asked him to follow him.   We had to walk to the office and instructed to cooperate. We were escorted to the office and handed over to a park official. After a good reprimanding and us saying sorry, we were set free. He warned us to stay on the marked trails the rest of our stay or we would end up in a Zambian jail. 
   We shopped in the village for a bit and took off for Zimba. We had an enjoyable dinner with Dr. Dan and his wife Joan and the Zimba Mission house.

8/18/12

This morning we left at 7a.m. to begin our journey to Botswana for the Chobe Safari. We arrived at the border and were picked up by a small boat to head across the border where we went through immigration. We were then picked up by a safari jeep. While in e immigration line, we met a girl from Kentucky that lives at the Zimba Mission House and is a med student.  Small world! We will be spending Sunday evening through Wednesday with her.  The first part of the tour was a boat cruise for 2.5 hours.  There was coffee, tea and cookies provided for us.  The morning was chilly and windy, but quickly warmed up.  We saw a lot of elephants, hippos, buffalo, native birds, ect.  The scenery was gorgeous! We feel very blessed to have had the opportunity to go on the safari.
     We had lunch at the Chobe Safari Buffet before the second part of the safari.  We had to learn patience today as we all experienced pushy and rude foreigners in the buffet line. After lunch we loaded the safari jeep and headed for the sand.  This part of the day was fun as well.  We saw many elephants again, hippos, giraffes, Kuku (African), monkeys, ect.  We were within feet of an elephant at one point. 
     Tomorrow we will head to church and then Victoria Falls for the afternoon!

2012 Dental Team

Dental Team

8/17/12

After 9 hours of much needed sleep we woke up to a hot cup of coffee bedside.   We stayed at Mike and Cindy's house-they were great hosts and served us delicious meals.  Alfred and Lumba picked us up at 7am to begin our morning at the Jembo Hospital.  We began the morning with a few patients and within an hour there were 20 to 30 village folks waiting for dental work. The line never slowed down!

Our dental team finally got our system down ... Dr. Fricke provided the treatment plan for all of the patients and if needed, administered anesthetic while Brian and Trevor were extracting multiple teeth for each patient.  Every once in a while Dr. Fricke would be extracting a tooth while the patient leaned back on a wooden bench. Judy and Sarah ran around cleaning utensils, assisting the men and handing out pain medications/bracelets and tooth brushes.  Under strict supervision, Sarah extracted her first tooth! We were supposed be done working at 11:30 for lunch, but we finished at 1:45. Unfortunately we were not able to serve all of the people that came for treatment, which some people walked a few hours to get to the clinic.  Dr. Fricke ended the day with the following quote, "well, you have accomplished half of a semester work in one morning!"  Lumba assisted our team with translating and handing the dentists the necessary tools, while Muumbe directed patients into the room and also translated for us.   Dr. Fricke, Trevor and Brian put in a lot of hard work today...there were some pretty sad cases that came through the door.  They definitely got in a good forearm workout cranking teeth all day.  Mike read a devotional to us this morning on the topic of being gentle, but I think Dr. Fricke may have been sleeping during it... The last patient of the day was rather dramatic with her moaning and groaning. We had a great day! It was a blessing to be able to assist God's people!

We went back to Mike and Cindy's house for a great lunch.  We packed up the car and hit the road for Livingstone.  We arrived at the guest house with no power but within 15 minutes the power returned. We are waiting for our food right now at a restaurant called "Spot."

Tomorrow morning we leave at 7 am for a safari in Chobe!

Kuomboka

8/16/2012

Greetings from Zambia!  We arrived in London yesterday morning at 6am and had a 13 hour layover.  Brian was our tour guide since he was there in 2010.  We took the Underground into town for the day-we started at the National Art Museum and saw Buckingham Palace (unfortunately Dr. Fricke missed his appointment with the queen), the London Bridge, Big Ben, the Horsemen Square and Westminster Abbey.   The temperature was great, even with some rain in the afternoon.  We arrived early to our departure gate and found the seven member Zambian Olympic team waiting to board our flight.  

We arrived in Zambia this morning at 7a.m. local time after a 10 hour flight.  Alfred and Lumba greeted us all with a huge Zambian welcome.  Everyone was anticipating a much needed shower.  After freshening up, we headed for only Dental School in Zambia, the Dental Training School of Lusaka.  We met with the head of the dental school and a couple other officials who gave us a tour.   

We went to "Wimpy's" for lunch and had a great meal.  We then took off for a 4 hour drive to Jemba - we were supposed to be at the Hospital at 2:30 to begin working, but we arrived just a few hours late at 4:30.  The head of the facilities asked if we wanted to do the dental work inside or outside (there was nothing for dental equipment here).  We made it work with 2 operating tables for patients.  Trevor and Brian both extracted their first tooth in Africa with Dr. Fricke looking over their shoulder and coaching them! We finished working around 7:30 and headed down the road a few miles to Mike and Cindy's for a delicious dinner.  We are all pretty tired after a few LONG days of travel!  

Tomorrow morning we will work at the Jemba Hospital again and then leave in the afternoon for Livingstone.

Friday, February 24, 2012

Friday Dana and Darcy taught at Muumbe's school. Most of the team went to Kanyama church to build pews. Beth and Brianna went with Muumbe and visited Patrick's farm. Then they went to meet the orphan Brianna sponsors. Then everyone went to visit an orphanage and passed out activity packets and treats and gave 3 soccer balls away. We also delivered a lot of bibles, clothes and other supplies to the church. We all enjoyed dinner together at Alfred and Muumbe's home. Lumba and John roasted corn for us to try. All but 4 of the team head home tomorrow.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Thursday we met up with John the carpenter before heading out of Livingstone. We stopped at Zimba and handed out 300 activity packets to some of the children at the mission school. They also saw a python there.
Then we traveled to Choma and had lunch. Before returning to Lusaka, the bus stopped to get fabric. Alfred, Muumbe, Dave, and Bri made a stop in Simweendengwe and saw people drawing at the well funded by Compass Church. The drive back to Lusaka was a bit scary when it got dark and then rainy.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Wednesday we went to Botswana to Chobe Safari. The morning we were on a boat and saw impala, birds, hippos, and crocodiles. Then we had a nice lunch at the lodge. The afternoon we went in a jeep and saw 100+ elephants, close to 20 giraffes, more impala, hippos, and Brian says he saw a lion. We returned to Livingstone and bought souvineers and then enjoyed dinner and then back to our hotel for bed.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Today we went and saw Muumbe's mother before heading out of Choma. We drove to Livingstone. Stopped at Sons of Thunder to see the bulldozer. We had lunch at Zigzag and then went to Victoria Falls. It was incredible. Brandon and Jordon bungee jumped. Alfred, Muumbe and Brian went to a farm and saw their progress.
We met up in Livingstone for dinner and then to bed. Tomorrow is the Botswana game park.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Monday we drove to Choma. On the way, we dropped off David, Darcy, and Dana with a missionary. They were going to Jembo to teach at the school and stay the night at the Bible College.
In Choma, we made another split. The majority of the team traveled to Muumbe's village. There were over 900 students at the school they visited. Before they left the village, Muumbe's dad gave the team a goat as a gift, which rode with the team on the bus back to Choma.
Alfred, Brian, Lynn, and Brianna stayed around Choma and visited the farm land that Alfred owns. They also visited with some of the people on the land. Then they went to the Secondary school and saw Lindi and Lulu and Vanessa.
We all met up at the Choma guest house for the night.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Monday we drove to Choma. On the way, we dropped off David, Darcy, and Dana with a missionary. They were going to Jembo to teach at the school and stay the night at the Bible College.
In Choma, we made another split. The majority of the team traveled to Muumbe's village. There were over 900 students at the school they visited. Before they left the village, Muumbe's dad gave the team a goat as a gift, which rode with the team on the bus back to Choma.
Alfred, Brian, Lynn, and Brianna stayed around Choma and visited the farm land that Alfred owns. They also visited with some of the people on the land. Then they went to the Secondary school and saw Lindi and Lulu and Vanessa.
We all met up at the Choma guest house for the night.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Sunday half of the group worshiped at Kanyama A and Brian gave the message. The other team worshiped at Kanyama B and Dan gave the message. Each service was over three hours long and the music was incredible. Then we met up and drove 4 hours to Monze to a mission house for the night. When we were almost there, we came across a tractor blocking the road with a trailer stuck in the mud. The guys got out and in one push got it unstuck.
We enjoyed dinner at the mission house and then had devotions before bed.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Made it to Lusaka 2 hours late on Saturday. Went straight to the Pilgrim Wesleyan Church headquarters. They had a program honoring Brian and the team. We ate a catered lunch and visited with the people that had come for the ceremony.
Then half of the team went to Alfred's, and the rest stayed at the guest house. We showered and rested and then all met up at Alfred's. We presented some bicycles from the container to local pastors. Then we enjoyed dinner and went to bed early.

Thursday and Friday, February 16-17, 2012

We met up in Chicago Thursday and had an uneventful flight to London. Brandon and Jordan took the later flight. We then saw the sights in London on Friday, such as Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace. Our flight to Lusaka appears to be delayed for 2 hours; our new departure time is set for 8:45 pm London time.

BRIAN’S ZAMBIA MISSION 2012 IN-COUNTRY SCHEDULE

DATE/DAY ACTIVITIES
2/18 Saturday
- Arrival at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport. Be sure the team gets double entry visas which cost $80.
- Clean up at the Mission Guest house.
- Attend a celebration lunch meeting at Mission Guesthouse. Brian will speak for 10 minutes.
- Brian’s team with Jim and Jane will be accommodated at Kalembos while Dave’s team will be accommodated at the Mission guest house.

2/19 Sunday
-Brian’s team attend Kanyama church. Brian preaching. Dave’s
team attend Kanyama “B” Church. Pastor Dan Preaching.
-Leave for Monze immediately after church. Lunch at Makeni Mall.
- Supper and overnight at Kizito Catholic Center in Monze.

2/20 Monday
-Breakfast at Kizito Center.
-Depart for Choma after breakfast. Leaving at Pemba the teacher(s) who will teach at Jembo High School. They will have overnight with missionaries Mike and Cindy Helvie at Jembo Bible School. They will be brought to join the team in Choma or we will drive back to Pemba to pick them up before proceeding to Livingstone.
Brian’s team will visit two farm properties and Siachitema School (one of the schools that received school uniforms)
-Dave’s team will visit Sichibeya School. Both teams will meet in Choma in the evening.

2/21 Tuesday
-Travel to Livingstone. 8 members of the team will stay at Lubamutu guesthouse while the rest will be at Lungu guest house.
-Lunch at Zigzag.
-Viewing the Falls ($20 per person). Brian and Afred visit the Livingstone property.
-Supper in town.

2/22 Wednesday
-Chobe Safari ($100 per person which includes – board cruise in the morning, a very good western lunch, game viewing in the afternoon and transporting from and to the border.)
Supper in town.

2/23 Thursday
Travel to Lusaka with some stopover at Mr & Mrs. Hobson’s farm (He is a very experience rancher in Zambia) and Jembo mission for the team to see the school, Bible School, church and clinic.
-Arrive in Lusaka in the evening.

2/24 Friday
- Dave Team visit the orphanage in Lusaka in the morning and begin work on the clinic construction in the afternoon
- Jim and Jane start work on benches with John.
- Brian and Alfred visit key people and places in Lusaka.
- Meeting with Lusaka based Pilgrim Wesleyan church leaders in the afternoon.
- Getting ready to leave

2/25
- Brian’s team leaves. Dave’s team and Jim and Jane will continue their construction works. On Sunday pastor Dan will preach at Kanyama church and the following the team will continue to work on the container projects.