Destination: Livingston, Zambia.

so ive decided on this as the best way to recap the first two weeks of outreach. Ministry, highlights, and even struggles. im just going to write a post for every destination, that will include all that doesn't make it into other specific posts. so. We arrived on May 17th at a bus stop in the downtown of livingston, after 4 days of travel. guy named Jonothan picked us up and took us back to Lot# 676, YWAM Base, livingston, zambia. also the first time we met jon, jean and their daughter abigal. the family which became so much our family for those two weeks. so abby participated in the uno games every night, and jean is the one responsible for the unbeliveable meals. ummm next important thing was the soccer ground that was about 5 minutes from the house. And, as one of the only soccer grounds in livingston, it was always packed with kids. this "field" was sand, stones and filled with burr weeds, still we played, barefoot, everyday. This turned into a favourite area of ministry over the two weeks, we played, got to know the kids. and eventually ran a tounie for them and provided lunch and drinks, and gave a little message. over 60 kids ended up showing for it and it was a great success. we even awarded a prize for the winners. and by this time Zig Zag has basically joined our team, and raf and i went to his house that night with his roomate prince and watched a movie. and this is when we decided he needed to come with us to Lusaka.
Other ministry we did in livingston... we visited a hospital. that was... interesting, we visited two orphanages. these were great! actually as i think. the second orphanage we went to, possibly might have been the team highlight for all of livingston. this orphanage was run by a lady named janet and her husband out of their house. much smaller in comparison to the first, they housed about 10 children. so we went and help with what she needed.

This was janets kids....she was honestly such a blessing to us. and she encouraged us so much, so we visited her once more before we left, and delivered her a gift basket that she so deserved, cause doing the work she does, she never can get the appreciation she deserves and we also gave her a date night with her husband. and that day that we spent with her was so amazing. one of the highlights of the whole trip!

and these are the jesus Freaks. (rapping)
these guys spent alot of time working with us, and YWAM livingston. they crazy passionate kids, all planning to study ministry, and they were hilarious. we did alot with them, especially towards the end. they took us to this meeting called Hillcrest. that was insane. it was really my first african church experience. and the best part was, it was all youth. youth led, and organized. i know know what its like to experience over 100 teenagers in a classroom 20 seats across, really hot, and quite sweaty. singing songs, and hearing the word of God preached by a 16 year old boy in a suit. pretty rad. these guys played soccer with us as well, and spent our day off with us, guiding us around the falls. i think patrick was the funniest, his favorite proverb goes "he who finds a good wife, finds a good thing" and we heard that a fair number of times, but these guys were cool. and defiantly a help in our first stop on outreach.

this last picture is of isaac, and most of the closest neighbourhood kids. Livingston, definitely a great place. that we could make it back to someday. who
to be continued... my internet is over in 25 seconds. but i did post two posts below, that i may or may not have posted. but i just added pics. ps. i have about a notebook full a blogs. just waiting for the all elusive interent. done. just in time.