Travel Day from Vic Falls

Today is Go-go Lucy's birthday! We stopped for some souvenirs and there was an African group singing, so Lucy got a birthday song and dance before we left Victoria Falls!

The return trip to Bulawayo was most of our day. It took about 6 hours...dodging cattle, baboons, children and people, donkey-drawn carts, going through tolls and police blockades. And this is a highway...going our normal 70 mph. We stopped once for a Coke (most sodas are in bottles and are MUCH better than in the states) as well as a toilet break, which is a hole in the concrete behind a brick-walled building. But, alas. We made it...but not without also picking up and dropping off a police woman to her village. You just never know WHAT will happen. And we were SO GLAD to get back "home" to Sherrie's place. The last hour or so was just more unnerving than anything I've ever done. Three days of driving in those conditions had come to a head and we were done with the excitement of it. Thank you Lord for Your hand of protection.

Tomorrow we head back. Please pray for safety and rest. We are also praying that hearts would be open as we come and try and describe the Lord's work here and how we can continue to be a part.

We are all in agreement that our trip can best be described and summarized with the words Paul spoke to the Corinthians in 1 Cor 2:1-5...as us speaking to those we ministered to:

"And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God."

Supplies were given, relationships were built, needs were assessed and most importantly the Gospel of Jesus Christ was proclaimed in all areas of ministries. We feel strongly that the Lord used this trip to set us up for future ministry in Zimbabwe through Bethany Ministries and Sherrie.

Church,

Be prayerful.

Be expectant.

Be ready to be challenged. God is at work in a mighty way!