Last Jesus Film of the Year

We showed the Jesus Film for the last time this year in a village called Cocha. The rains will be coming soon (we hope) so it makes it difficult to show the film.



Hutch and Lulie enjoy the luxury of being able to watch Mickey Mouse in their own home. They are in training to help daddy show the Jesus Film in the future.

Ministry Update

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I lost track of time, and forgot how long it's been since we've updated the blog! Apologies! We are doing good. The churches are doing great, going strong. We have been rotating among the three churches in Kaputa and are encouraged by their commitment. In Kabwe, Mrs. Chileshi has asked to be baptized and wants to join the church! The first woman to join there! Praise God for His answering of our prayers! We are excited and hope that she is able to influence the other women of Kabwe.

James and 4 church members are going to Katai tomorrow to teach, show the Jesus film, and have a church service there on Sunday morning. They'll be doing evangelism once they arrive tomorrow morning, then have a Bible study in the afternoon, show the Jesus film tomorrow night, and then have a church service on Sunday morning before coming back. *Pray with us, that they would be effective and an encouragement to those there.

The women are hard a work preparing the fields for the rainy season. *Please pray with us that they would continue to come to the women's Bible study on Wednesdays. We are slightly discouraged that they haven't been coming. We know they desire to hear God's word, but it's hard for them to come because they are busy.

Hutch and Lulie are doing great. It has rained here the last two nights, which is a surprise because the rains aren't supposed to come until the end of October! It has cooled things off a little, but the noise of the rain wakes them up at night! They have to get used to the sound of it! Otherwise, we are all great and are focusing strong on our last few months up here before a nice break!

Six Months Old!!!

Our baby girl is six months old! We love you Lulie Frances!

Baptist Global Response

There is a great organization called Baptist Global Response. We had the great advantage of using one of the resources they provide called In-Home Care Kits. They are buckets, prepared by the churches in America, and sent here for people who are extremely ill. They provide hygienic things to help take care of these patients. Most of the patients they are given to are suffering from HIV/AIDS, but we were able to help out a dear woman, Mrs. Monde, suffering from spinal TB. She is a church member that has had to stop coming to worship on Sundays because she's in a lot of pain. We were able to deliver to her the kit yesterday! It was such a blessing to be able to connect the churches in the States to this wonderful woman!

We want to keep encouraging the churches to be involved in the BGR, becuase they can meet some of the physical needs of those all over the world!

Here she is with two of her grandchildren.

Back to Normal

Lake Mweru Wantipa, about 20k from our home.

Lounging Lulie

Hutch and Regina during church.

We have had a great two weeks in Lusaka. We left three days after Hutch's birthday and arrived back home yesterday. Unfortunately the internet was down in Lusaka, so we weren't able to do much. We had a nice time being with all our team members. All the Baptist churches in Zambia met for three days this past week. So all the missionaries from the Northern Province were in Lusaka! Hutch and Lulie loved seeing all their missionary cousins and playing with them. Lulie was taken great care of by all the little mothers in the group! We are totally recharged and encouraged to be up here for three more months before coming home!!! We are trying not to get too excited thinking about seeing everyone and all the wonderful restaurants! But we are so looking forward to the time we'll have in the USA!

Pray for us as we finish these few months and pray for the leaders here that they would be strong in the Lord while we are away.

Pray for the women here, that they will continue to meet together and be a light in their community.