This is Scott. Just got an email from Susie that there will be no more communication until we see them in Atlanta. They are doing well and excited to be back and see everyone. They leave Zambia Thursday morning at 9:00 am. They have a 23 hr. lay over in London, then onto another plane that lands in Atlanta at 7:05 pm Friday, so be praying for their safety. Thank you all for your prayers and nice comments. See you soon.

Good evening on this July 3^rd. We have a saying around here… TIZ (this is Zambia) and it is said when your plans have been delayed or canceled. Well, the Friday ladies meeting was cancelled for the second Friday in a row due to funerals. The death rate here is very high, so the people are always going to funerals. TIZ. Then we were supposed to teach the Encounter kids the signs for “Mighty to Save” today and there were many other things on the program so we did not get to. TIZ.

BUT, the Lord has blessed us with a wonderful weekend so far. We have worshipped with the Encounter kids and had a chance to get to know them. Jared handed out some hacky sacks today and I will let him tell you how that went and the kids responses!! Praise the Lord and thank you all for your prayers for the hacky sack ministry! Please continue to pray that the Lord will bless and work in the lives of the teens as they seek to serve Him!

Tomorrow, Lord willing we will worship in the deep deep deep bush at Pastor Luke’s church. We are so excited as this will be the most primitive church we have visited yet. We are anticipating a word from God and a blessed time with the nationals.

We are very blessed to be here, we are learning so much and we are so thankful to God for allowing us to be here! Miss you all so much see you soon!

Love, Susie and Jared

Hello, to all! We are doing well here in Zambia. Believe it or not we are STILL pinching ourselves to see if we are really here in Africa!!! LOL We are having a wonderful time of serving, worshiping, and enjoying life with the Zambians. I cannot wait to tell you more details! I only have a limited time on the internet, so I will write more when we return to the states.

Today, we worked with the teachers and it went well. We opened the day with a message from Brian, God’s servant! What a wonderful message right from God to us!

Today, started math, which is my department. It went well. The “students” seemed to catch on quickly. I am so thankful for their graciousness towards me, they allowed me to make mistakes and did not make me feel uncomfortable. LOL

Tomorrow, I will be speaking to the ladies here in Kufulafuta. I am looking forward to a good time with the precious ladies.

Jared has been busy working with the guys on the vehicles here in the mission. He has been sharing his “wealth of knowledge” that his dad has passed on to him! He is so enjoying being with the institute guys and has made a deaf friend, Paul, that loves Jared and spends lots of time with him. He told Jared that he is glad he is here because he has someone to talk to. Before, he could only talk to a handful of people and now they are close friends.

Saturday, we are going to African Encounter once again. We are so excited to work with the teens. Jared will be helping with the games and sharing a challenge and I will be teaching them the signs for “Mighty to Save.” Please pray for safety as we are entering the deep deep bush and that God would use us to reflect Him.

We love and miss you all so much, Susie and Jared