Life through Joy's Eyes.
It is a high priority in our family to get a family picture every year for the Christmas letter. Growing up, this meant pictures of my sister and I sitting or standing calmly next to each other with smiles on our faces. For those of you that know me, you now realize how much of ...
In exactly three days, we will be in the air on our way to Zambia! It is crazy how fast this trip has snuck up on us! God has provided for us in so many ways already - in helping us choose the team, get to know each other, and most recently, meet all of our ...
It is hard to believe that a little over a week ago, we left our friends in Lusaka, Zambia and headed back home to Chicago! It feels like this past week has been a whirlwind of jet lag, trying to remember to finish our malaria pills, and re-adjusting to normal life. It truly is crazy ...
The team experienced quite a few adventures today as we visited various homes in the George complex area. The students have been so excited to venture into the market, learn to cook traditional Zambian food, and learn more about our Brothers and Sisters here. As an added bonus, a student from each group volunteered to ...
We are so pleased to announce that we have officially completed our mural and painting projects! After three days of painting in rooms and in the sun, we have put up our hands and walked away. Pastor Banda spoke with a few of us briefly this afternoon and said that he was so grateful for ...
We had a lot of fun at the church today in the midst of getting a lot of work done. To update on the work projects: we have finished painting four and a half rooms, the mural art is complete and we are finalizing the school information on the wall! The mural team has ...
Post delayed due to lack of wifi last night 🙂 ------------------------------------------ After writing last night, we all were able to experience our first dinner in Zambia via candlelight, which was an unexpected pleasure! Right as we were about to grab food, the power went out. Kabwe's comment to this: "Welcome to Africa!" We had a ...
I am so pleased to announce that after 23+ hours in a plane, fast walks through airports, cramped naps, two breakfasts, one lunch and one airplane dinner, we have made it to Zambia!! We were blessed with smooth transitions between flights, the gift of all of our luggage arriving, and beautiful weather!!! We just ...
It is crazy to think that we are less than a week away from adventuring to Zambia! In this past week, I have been in awe of how God has provided for our team! In the past few months, we have been able to pull off individual fundraising efforts, a t-shirt fundraiser and now a car wash! We raised ...
It is insane to think that as I am writing this post, Team Zambia is just 26 days away from heading halfway across the world! As a team, we have worked to hard to fundraise, get to know each other, and prepare our hearts for what we will experience. Our recent T-Shirt Fundraiser brought in $1500 ...
