Last Sunday (that means next Sunday we'll be home!)

Today was our last Sunday at Macha BIC church. On our first Sunday at Macha BIC, the students really enjoyed seeing all of the special songs that were sung during the service (there were about 6 or so). They thought it would be fun to add our name to the list of special music, so today they were part of the service, singing:

‘Blessed be your Name, in the land that is plentiful

where your streams of abundance flow, Blessed be your Name.

Blessed be your Name, on the road marked with suffering,

Though there’s pain in the offering, Blessed be your Name.’

We have certainly been blessed during our time here in Macha, and hope that we have also been a blessing to those around us. We have also seen great joy, peace and kindness in the people around us, while knowing that their lives are not easy.

Macha BIC FILLS UP on Sunday- attendance (from the board) for last week was ~750 people!

The group singing- Zak played the ukelele while we sang, Annie led the singing, Preston is the idea man behind the whole thing. 

 Last night during our reflection time we were talking about what we will remember and pray for when we leave Zambia. Jess shared a story about a little boy with cerebral palsy who left the hospital against the advice of the doctors because his mother said they could not stay at the hospital any longer since there were other children at home that needed to be cared for. This little boy is named Immanuel, which means: God with us. We all may wish that difficult situations stopped happening to the people we know and love, but that shouldn’t diminish our hope is the God who is here with us, with you, with the kids at the hospital, with our host families, and who will continue to be with us. 

This little boy isn't Immanuel, but he is cute, and he was sitting across from me at church.