Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, I've made it home safe and sound. I'm writing you form the living room of my parents house in the suburbs of Chicago. It's great being home and with family, although I miss Zambia already. I think I began missing it even before boarding the plane. :) It's comforting to know that I'll be back to my African home in the middle of March. Until then I will be working at the Overland Missions office in Florida, traveling around the USA recruiting for expeditions and AMT, and raising up my 2009 budget. I look forward to seeing all of you during this time home.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I hope that you all have wonderful time with friends and family. Happy Thanksgiving!

Baptisms in the Mighty Zambezi!

Last Friday was an amazing day. At 6:30 am the AMT students, Dan, and I found ourselves climbing down the Batoka Gorge. This is not a climb I normally enjoy. It's steep, rocky, and hard. Your legs feel like jello by the time you reach the bottom and you still have to climb back up! However, my motivation wasn't for the exercise but for the fact that Dan and I were going to baptize two of the AMT students in the Zambezi. This was my first time doing baptisms and I felt very honored and blessed that Wezi and Liz wanted Dan and I to do it. Here are some of the photos of the event:

Here is Wezi being baptized. He is a local Zambian who was given a scholarship for the AMT course.







This is Liz. She is 23 years old, from Texas. Not only was it the day she got baptized, but it was also her birthday! I found the biggest challenges was trying to stay on the rocks as you submerged them. You can see me falling off the rock in this shot.



We laid hands on Liz to be filled with the Holy Spirit, as per her request. What an awesome step of faith!








The morning was finished with communion and then some praise and worship. It's amazing to hear the worship echo throughout the gorge.

Elections for all!

Elections seem to be consuming my life lately. Zambia just had their presidential elections after the death of their president, Levy Mwanawasa. Things went relatively smoothly, with only one riot in Livingstone. The results were announced yesterday with Rupiah Banda, the vice-president, elected as the new president. Today everyone's attention seems focused on america, even zambians are interested to see the results of the election. Most of them are in favor of Obama but just based on his race. I can only imagine what america must be like at the moment but from the look of everyone's facebook status' many are voting. All I can say is that the Lord is in control and whatever happens, happens. We will deal with what comes and need to continue in prayer for the leaders of every country. God bless the world!