Zambia is at Debrief!
After numerous flight delays, the Zambia team is all here at Debrief. Thank you for your prayers.
Category: Zambia Trip Reports
Teen Missions Trip News from the summer teams to Zambia. Check back for weekly updates about team activities, ministry news and travel updates.
Zambia traveling
We successfully made it to the airport in Lusaka only to find that our flight has been delayed 7 hrs here in Zambia. It turns out there was a bird strike on the airplane we were suppose to be on and it is going to delay our 2nd flight 24 …
Greetings from the road to Livingstone!
Today (1 Aug.) is the second day of traveling from Ndola to Livingstone. On Monday, the day before we left, the team got the opportunity to do some shopping in Ndola. They bought snacks for the road and some of the girls got chitenges (traditional wrap skirts) as well a few …
Greetings from Ndola!
We arrived at the TMI base on Saturday after traveling from the Maton’s Unit. We are so very grateful and excited that the Lord made it possible for our team to get a 3rd well dug. At first we were excited to see a tap at the Maton’s Unit …
Zambia Well–July 22
Well #2 is complete! We are excited to get going on #3. We have safely arrived at the Lumanto Matron’s Unit. There are about 155 girls but there are usually have up to 180. We have electricity in the kitchen and a water tap out front. We are still in …
Zambia Well–July 19
All is well with team Zambia however we are having issues sending reports due to our location in the bush. The team is working hard to complete the well in time to move Saturday. They reached water at 10M and drilled to 17.4M. Their goal is to set up the …
Zambia Report–July 16
Because of the team being in the bush, they have had difficulties sending the last few reports. We have received three reports that they have typed over the last week, and will post them all separately, July 16 Greeting from Wangibisha! On Saturday, 14 July 2018, we moved from the …
Zambia pictures
Doug and Barb Petersen, TMI coordinators in Zambia, sent the following pictures and information from the Zambia team. The team will send a report as soon as they can. “Our first stop on our trip was to the Lufwanyama Rescue Unit. We took some pictures of the completed well. We …
Greetings from the Mark A. Overbay Rescue Unit!
On Monday (9 July 2018), the team struck water at 8.8 meters. By the end of the work day they had continued to drill down to 15m which was their goal. On Tuesday as they attempted to widen the bore hole, they encountered rock which didn’t want to move. After …
Zambia at TMI base
Team Zambia has safely arrived at the Teen Missions Zambia base. We are enjoying dorm rooms with mattresses before we head to the bush and sleep in tents again. We will spend one day here and make preparations for heading out to the bush. With extra time available, the team …