Graduation Day

James graduated from seminary in Zambia through Southwesterns 2+3 Program. This allows students to go 2 years to seminary in Ft. Worth and then continue their education on the mission field. We held the ceremony at the seminary in Lusaka along with the Zambians who where graduating.

We cant wait to be in the U.S.A in less the a month and show off these beautiful kids!

Last Pics of The Kids in Kaputa

Here are a few pictures of our last few days at home. It seems that the pictures we take are always in the same place, but I'm not much of a photographer, so when I take pictures it's because I see the camera right here, turn around and snap some of the babies. Sorry for the lame background!
Lulie is a speed crawler, she goes so fast and wants to follow me all over the house, or follow Hutch to get whatever toy he has!

Hutch loves to explore, so whenever Lulie is sleeping, we go on walks around the neighborhood and see fun things. Usually we find kids playing soccer and Hutch has to steal the show, but they love it, so I don't mind. Hutch is also a pretzel junkie, he loves the eat them and even says, pwesel, which we know is pretzel. He's just so adorable, I don't even know what to do!

Our Last Week in Kaputa for 8 Months!

This is our last week. We are so excited to get to go on this long exciting trip to America, but we are sad to leave our home for so long. It's hard to say goodbye to our friends, even though we'll see them again in a few months, it is still sad. This Monday, James went to Nsumbu, a town right on Lake Tangenika, to visit a teacher from Ndola, who wants to start a church there. They rented a boat and went to the village. *Pray for George Mugala, the teacher, and the village he's been called to teach, Munshi village. It was an adventure for Mr. Mumba, Mr. Chomba, and Mr. Mkungu! The lake is so clear that it looks like the ocean! Hopefully next term we'll be making many trips there!



Then on Wednesday, they had a four come to be baptized from Kamuchanga village! God is good!


Then Thursday, he had his last study at Chenchilebwe village. These kids are too cute on the bench!

Going to the Bible Study in Kamuchanga

We love going to the village with James to hear him teach and see all those coming to the Bible studies, but it's hard because we attract sooo many children that we are usually more of a distraction than help! We always enjoy seeing everyone, so we don't mind the audience!

So this day the audience wasn't too bad and as you can see, Hutch is totally comfortable!
*Pray for these in Kamuchanga, that there would be a strong leader that would feel the burden to keep these believers encouraged and doing the work by spreading the Good News!

The Rain

The rain is here! For the past week, it has been overcast, and raining at some point every day. The temp has gone from the 100+ to the mid 80's! Whew! We are really glad to have these clouds, because it makes it easier for us to live! Here is a picture of Hutch playing, he really enjoys jumping in the puddles!

In the Pool, Again...

Another day, another pool time!

Marriage Conference

This Saturday, James taught the first every Marriage Conference. He'd been really wanting to do this, and since we're going stateside soon, we thought this was the perfect weekend. There were about 50 people there and they all had a really great time. They studied what the Bible says a strong marriage should look like, what went wrong from the beginning and how marriages have been under attack from the beginning, and what major problems can hurt marriages. They were encouraged to see that God wants every marriage to succeed, and gives us the tools in His word to do that! It was a blessing to see so many Zambians come to hear and learn about having a strong, Christ-based marriage!

I came and went all day, having to take care of the babies, but I was able to get some quick pics during lunch.

More Pool Pics

Love that smile!
Lulie is sooo close to crawling!

Hutch and Lulie love the pool, Lulie mostly tries to eat the grass that Hutch brings in, but they do have fun together. She doesn't even mind getting splashed a little. We are enjoying rain at night, which helps to calm down the heat at night! Thank you, Lord, for the rain here!

Kabwe

Here is a picture of the church in Kabwe. Pray for the members that they would continue to encourage each other, as well as reach out to those in their community! Pray that they would be strong while we are away, and that God would bless them!