Zambia Mission- 2008
"One at a Time"
June 19-July 2, 2008
Click HERE to view or download all of the team's pictures from their trip. Praise God for all that He did!
Click on the above team picture to view or download the team's slideshow with music and important pictures.
UPDATE: 06-27-08 @ 1:14 PM- I (Pastor Mike) just spoke with Pastor Dave. This trip is going absolutely amazing! MANY people are being saved!
- Pastor Dave said, "The team is on 7th heaven"/ cloud-nine!!!
- As Pastor MIke requested and where he hopes to start the 1st Nkoya church, the team visited an area visited by the last partnership team, the Katunda area!
*** The Katunda Sub-chief Matanda accepted Christ along with ALL of his council!!! They are excited about our September team returning there!
- Sub-chief Matanda told Pastor Dave "I am so spiritually hungry that I am not physically hungry!"
The team's intinerary for the remainder of the trip (please use this as a pryaer guide:
- Saturday moring: Return to the village where Pastor Mike's team went in October and met a young man named Thomas who was LITERALLY chained to a tree. There is GREAT spiritual warfare in this village...pray for the team and the people of this Nkoya village.
- Saturday Afternoon: The team will meet Chief Mwene Mutondo (the head CHEIF/ king of the Nkoya people.)
- Sun morning: Preach & teach @ Nkenga church (about 1 hour from Kaoma. This church was started by a Baptist missionary several years ago. This church began among the Lozi Mbundu people.)
- Sun afternoon: following lunch, the team will visit 2 villages in the area where the church is located.
- Sun night: Return to Kaoma- prepare mission house for team's departure on Monday.
- Monday: Head to Lusaka/ capital city. Lodge @ the mission
- Tuesday: Fly-out of Zambia
- Wednesday: Arrive U.S.A
HOT NEWS: OUR "ONE AT A TIME" team is currently in Zambia, Africa! Look below to see a brief update of what is going on with the team. Pastor Mike has talked to the team by cell phone several times. Here's the latest news:
- The team arrived safely in Zambia!
- Initially they only received 2 pieces of their luggage.
- HOWEVER, they NOW HAVE ALL OF THEIR LUGGAGE
- After a great time in Livingstone, Zambia viewing Victoria Falls and a game drive/ safari, the team headed to the capital city, Lusaka, Zambia
- The team linked-up with Reuben Ngusulu, one of our Zambian ministry partners, they received their rental vehcile and headed to the Western Province of Zambia- Kaoma, Zambia.
NEW UPDATE: 06-25-08 @ 1:20 PM: I, Pastor MIke, just spoke with Pastor Dave! The team is doing AWESOME!!!!!
- EVERYTHING IS GOING GREAT!
- They arrived in Kaoma safely and all is well.(The team was able to see many elephants from the vehicle while on the way to Kaoma!)
- The team returned to a Baptist church that was planted many years ago this morning and many people received Christ! GLORY 2 GOD!
- The team is going to meet with Chief Mwene Mutondo on Saturday @ the Nkoya Royal Establishment
- The team had a great meeting this morning with all of our Zambian ministry partners!
- PRAY as the team meets with the Nkoya Bible Translation Committee that we will get ALL of the necessary information in order to move along with the printing of the Nkoya bibles!
- PRAY as the team goes to the Katunda area/ villages on Friday afternoon & evening that they will have a great reception. This is the place that we are hoping to start our FIRST NKOYA BAPTIST CHURCH!
** MORE UPDATES WILL BE GIVEN AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE!
TESTAMENTA YA YIPYA
(The Nkoya New Testament)
Deerfield Baptist Church, Westwood Baptist and other friends of the ministry have raise the necessary $10, 000 to print the Nkoya New Testament. We are working with the Bible Society of Zambia and hope to have the printing completed soon! CLICK on the letter below to see a copy of the official letter from the Bible Society of Zambia detailing the need. WHILE the initial funds have been raised, we would like to raise more money so that we can print additional bibles, $4 each. Additionally we will need help with the cost of shipping them from the printer in Kenya back to Zambia. If you are interested in being a part of this exciting journey, please contact us! (click on the letter below to see the .pdf version)
Zambia Mission- 2007
"Let the Journey Begin"
October 16-November 4, 2007
** PICTURE ALMBUM FROM "Let the Journey Begin" Trip: To view these pictures, click HERE!
CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE STORYING
Chronological Bible Storying (CBS) is the primary tool for both evangelism and discipleship throughout Central/ Southern Africa and throughout the world, adopted by the IMB (International Mission Board.) CBS is a tool that is highly effective, geared toward oral learners (as opposed to those that are highly literate and would prefer learning by written materials.)
Africans in particular are people that live by "the story." Most everything they know or will ever tell anyone else is told in the form of a story. Thus it is only logical that they would learn best through a story-based method. Over 2/3's of the Bible is narrative, God knew what He was doing!
Incidentally, MANY American churches are beginning to use CBS as a primary tool for teaching & preaching because over 80% of Americans are only semi-literate (they can read but their comprehension level is low and their preference is to learn by hearing/ visual types of media.)
BELOW you will find a virutally UNLIMITED amont of resources on CBS. (Most of these resources are in powerpoint format.) The file below is a ZIP file (.zip) and it is 29.5 MB. I am sure that you will find some or all of these resources helpful.
CLICK HERE for various CBS resources
You will need an unzip tool like "WinZip" to open the zipped folder. (Newer computers should open the folder with no problem.)