Faith's Children Village

On Saturday i was able to go visit the orphanage. Helen had invited Tori and I so we brought lunch! After lunch i went with Helen to the teen Bible study. And then Tori showed me around the orphanage. It was really nice. There are 4 houses i think, with 12 kids in each and then a house mother. Tori took me around to meet the house mothers but they all seemed to be out at the time. But we got to hang out with some of the kids so that was fun. I didn't get to stay too long because we wanted to make it back before dark. Which was good because when we got to our house there was no electricity for about 3 hours so it was good that we came home while we still had a little light so we could find the candles! But Phil wants me to go out again to the village sometime and stay for weekend! i can't wait!

Isn't he adorable!??

This is the path to Faith Baptist Church Kakolo

Just hanging out with some of the girls!!

This is just one of the many ANT "hills" around the village! i thought i would stand next to it so you could get a better idea of how large they are!! crazy huh?!?

This is for you Mom!!!

Because you like cows so much i decided to take a picture!! I hope you enjoy it!!

The orphanage milking cow.

Central Africa Baptist College

Since I have been here in Zambia I have realized the importance of prayer! CABC is in the process of building. The land is already purchased and the building has started on the dorm/classrooms. Yesterday Phil took me to see it and i got a couple picutres. the only thing is, the workers were going to have to stop working today because we ran out of money. God had already provided $75K for the project and that was all used up and we are still in need of another $75K to continue working. But like Phil said Attempt great things for God, Expect great things from God. Phil knew that God would provide... in His time, not ours. Then yesterday he got an email from a church saying they were giving $10K for the project!!! Definte answer to prayer!! But if you could please pray with us that God would continue to provide the rest of the money needed. We know that He will!!!


My future office! Looks great huh??


The main entrance.


One of the classrooms!!

A brand new baby!!!

Tori and I went to visit Keziwe and her brand new baby Alicko!! She was so cute!! Keziwe's sister also just had a baby within 5 days of her so there were two babies!!
Keziwe and her husband Joe are in charge of Faith Children's Village. Right now there are 42 orphans living there!

Me & Willie

just a quick little picture of me and willie enjoying a snack!!

Where I am staying

This is the house i am staying at!!


This is my room!!


This is the kitchen!!

So now you know where i have been staying!! I am living with Tori Barrett she is awesome. She has helped me so much since i have been here. Just taking me everywhere with her and introducing me to everyone!! Definetly a big blessing!!

Update Letter 9/19/06

Hello!!

I am writing to you from my new office in Kitwe, Zambia!! Thank you to all of you who were praying for me as I traveled. Everything went so smoothly and I received all my luggage in Ndola!! The flight was long but the plane was empty so it made it real easy to sleep!! I arrived Tuesday night around 6pm and we drove another hour to Kitwe. It was already dark so I wasn't able to see much but from what I could see it was awesome I don't know how to describe it. Flying in you could see the different cities and instead of cars you saw people. Then driving, there were people everywhere walking and riding bikes! Its a lot different than America because they don't have street lights so driving is scary at night and plus all the people along side the road makes it even more interesting!

I am staying with Tori Barrett in her home. It is so nice, a lot like home. Of course there are differences but I am not living in a hut or anything like that! Tori has helped me immensely getting used to the culture and answering all my questions! I am so thankful for her. Last week there was no work at the college yet because they were on a break so I helped Tori out at the school. I tutored a boy who couldn't read and then gave a spelling test and took the girls P.E. class out to play football/soccer!! That was fun!!

On Saturday I attended the Ladies Bible Study and got to meet a lot of the ladies from the church. That afternoon I went to the Teen Bible Study and am hoping to get plugged in there and help out! After the Bible Study we go up to the playing field and play volleyball. Its lots of fun!

Yesterday I went to church in Kwacha. It was their chartering service where they recognized the members who have been there since the beginning. They also baptized 18 people! That was awesome to see!! After church we had a meal together! It was my first time trying African food. Tori has always made me American food! But I really liked the African food. It was fried chicken, beef, rice, coleslaw, and inshima (which is a corn paste). There are no forks so I used my hand! That was a new thing for me!!

Today was my first day working for the college. I am just trying to get a feel of things and how things work. My main project will be working through getting accredited through TRACS. Also I will be helping them get their educational records all set up. At times it seems like too much but I know that God will give me wisdom. It is so exciting to be a part of this ministry. It is the only one of its kind in Africa and I am privileged to be a part!!

God has already taught me so much!! Its really been awesome!!

Thank you for your prayers!!
Brianne

I just wanted to share with everyone something that happened yesterday!! Tori invited me to go along on a visit with her. There was a lady in the church that has been sick with malaria for close to 3 weeks. She just wanted to stop in and say that we missed her and that we were praying for her.

To give a little background, she lives in the Chipata compound. Its right near by but much different than where I am staying. These compounds have no water or electricity. I am not positive on this number but there are close to 10,000 people living there. To live there you basically just go find some land and start building and you maybe pay $10 a month! And you can't drive there... so you get the picture sort of...

We parked the car as close as we could and had someone show us where she lived. When we got there we were glad to see that she was up and doing the laundry, because it meant that she was feeling a bit better. We went inside and began to ask about how she was feeling. Then Tori asked her to share her salvation testimony and how she came to Faith Baptist. She quickly told us about how she had found out about Faith but totally ignored the question about salvation. Tori then asked her if she were to die next week where would she go? She couldn't answer and said that was a really hard question! So Tori then was able to share the gospel with her. Then Karen, a Zambian who had come with us, also tried explaining so she could understand more clearly. After awhile it became clear that she was having a hard time speaking in English so Karen started talking to her in Bemba. After about an hour or so she said that she wanted to accept Christ as her Saviour!!! It was Awesome!!!!!! So if you could please pray for Dorothy as she is a brand new child of God. Also if you could pray for her homelife, it is a little rough right now!!

I thought you would all like to hear that!! It sure made my day!! What an awesome God we serve!!

Leaving for Zambia

So I am going to give this blogging thing a try! I am going to try to post blogs at least once a week, so if you want to keep up with what i am doing you can! But i am not going to promise much because i have had this set up for at least 2 weeks and this is the first time i am writing! so we will see!

Tomorrow is the big day! Less than 8 hours and i will begin my journey to Zambia!! I leave from Denver at 6:00 am. so that means i have to be at the airport around 430 am or so!! First i fly to Washington DC from there i go to Johannesburg and then finally to Ndola!! I should arrive in Ndola September 12th at 6:00 pm (Zambian time)!!! I am so excited!! i can't wait to finally be there!!!

An awesome praise from today was that someone annonymously gave $100 a month towards my support!!!! God is so awesome!!

For those that are interested the website of where i will be is www.faithinzambia.com