Saying goodbye

Final greetings in church On Sunday we said goodbye to the people of New Life Tabernacle and Cell Ministries. Saying goodbye is always hard, but we part feeling content. It was a wonderful time.During the Service numerous certificates were handed out and there was a lot of rejoicing. Allan and pastor Daniel did communion together, […]

Busy last day of training

And so we came to the last day of training by the Impact Zambia 2023 team, and it was a jampact day! Rosanne taught Quilting to 14 women in Itezhi-tezhi, Ross wrapped up some maintenance chores and filled testing holes around the site, Allan had a full day with the pastors on Pastoral counseling skills, […]

Bread making!

On Tuesday, I set out with Charles to Itezhi-tezhi to prepare for Rosanne’s bread making class on Wednesday.  The challenge was to remember how to build two ovens – one for business purposes and one for household use – then to find the supplies for it. Forfunately the caretaker named Crispen, accompanied me, and Gertrude […]

Are we there yet?

This is the question that was repeatedly asked, and today the answer was finally “YES”!! We stayed overnight in a very artistic place called ‘Corner Point Lodge’ in Namwala. I was impressed in how beautiful they made the gardens and also that they used an artist from Mumbwa to make beautiful sculptures throughout the facility. […]

Setting out to Masasabi

This morning the EMI team presented the summary of their work with the Life Impact Training Centre Board before each group would go their separate ways. They then helped the Canadian team load up the two vehicles with 8 big bags filled with gifts to the three communities that will be visited. The team picked […]

Busy days

The last two days were quite busy with several meetings between EMI and the Life Impact Training Centre Board. The first discussions were about space use: where to situate the acedemic / learning activities, sports, public spaces and dormitories. It was great to see the interaction and participation of the board on this matter. While […]