Thursday, November 1,
2012
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| This was the last of the plumbing fixtures to unclog! |
I wanted to take this time to send out an update now because
our time here is coming to a rapid end. We have one more day to complete the work
at hand.
Since our return from Livingstone, we’ve been working at a
crazy pace to bring closure to our projects. If we don’t run into any snags tomorrow we
should be able to do just that.
On Wednesday, I left Dan to the plumbing projects while I
took the video camera around and recorded footage of classrooms, students,
teachers, lunchtime, computer labs, the playground and more. I will be taking
what I have captured to my incredibly creative co-workers at DiscoverWisconsin
Television for them to do their magic. When we have the finished products, we’ll
then put commercials on Zambian radio and television promoting openings at MICS
for the next school term which begins later in January.
Like I mentioned in an earlier post, the plumbing fixtures had
not been covered up so they were filled with dust and dirt. When the wind blows
here in Zambia, it gets in places you’d never imagine. Since the work on MICS 2
had been postponed for almost a year a lot of dirt and grime had accumulated.
We’ve been working to clear all sinks, toilets and shower bases, and get water
flowing & draining.
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| This is Beverly, the woodworker. |
There are others working hard and long days with us. These
are the workers that were hired for specific jobs. The Valleybrook offering is
being used to pay their wages. See their photos at right.
Tomorrow after school is out, I plan to walk our sponsored kids back to
their grandparent’s home. A few months ago, Kathy & I sent money to the
grandparents to buy bricks to build a larger and more secure home. They had been
trying to share a small, round, grass-roofed hut, and a tent, neither was adequate or
secure. (You might remember that their hut had been broken into last year, and
many of the items we brought for the kids were stolen.) I want to see the
structure for myself and connect with the kid's grandparents, too. We want to
let them know that we plan to continue to support Weston, Wize and Elifer for
the next year.
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| Coster is burying the water mains; he was formerly the schools gardener. |
I also plan to drive into the village to check up on a student
that has been out this term due to surgery to amputate a leg. I had connected
closely with Tolland last year, and I need to see him and tell him that I still
love him and believe that he can do something significant with his life if he
chooses to follow God.
Then there is another student that Kathy had connected with
last year, and she has sent along a gift for him; a book of some of the
fascinating characters in the Bible. He wants to become a missionary and tell
others about Christ. We want him to know that we believe in him, too.
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| Several are painting inside and out. |
Sometime on Saturday we will climb into the bush plane for a
ride back to the Flying Mission base, outside of Lusaka. Later on Saturday evening, our friends at
Flying Mission, Joel and Sue Bolthouse, will take us to the international
airport to fly home.
We have had a very full and incredibly God-filled two weeks here in Zambia. We are tired, but it’s a good tired. As we think about our time
here, we feel very grateful …grateful first to God for showing us what we need
to see and know when the time was just right…grateful for how He is bringing good
things out of what at first seemed to be bad…grateful for you, for your friendship and support for
us and to MICS.
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| Here I am filming in one of the boy's dorm rooms. |
This work in Macha needs lots of people to be involved in so many
ways. Please keep praying for the work
here. Pray that God would send workers to match the needs, especially as new
students enroll for the next term. Ask God how you can support MICS in new and
greater ways.
Gratefully,
Greg, and Dan
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