Sunday, July 22, 2007

Post from Zach himself!

WOOO!!!!
Well, hello everyone!! This is zach. Just wanted to give you an update on what is going on over here in the beautiful country of Zambia, and wanted to fill you in on what is happening in my life.
First off, I want to give a big thank you to my lady Mallory, for being the most supportive and encouraging woman ever, and she has been updating this from the e-mails I sent her. So thank you love!
Now, to fill everyone else in. I have spent the past 3 weeks traveling around the country of Zambia, sharing the deep love of our saviour Jesus Christ with beautiful people who have never heard his message before. We went into 3 different villages: The first was named Kambulu, the second was Canchela, and the third was Sibuto.
The first village took about 6 hours to drive too. While we were there, we would do door to door evangelism during the day, and have meetings with the villages during the night. People would welcome us into their homes, and we would encourage them in their faith, answer questions they had, or pray for healings.
The second village we went too, Canchela, was about an 8 hour drive. There were a few churches established in this area. One was a church of Christ, which we were invited to speak at. I shared a message with them from Hebrews 12, and talked about Gods love and how He treats and views us as His sons. The second Church was a Zionist church, which isn’t really a church. It is actually a cult. Now, for us to even be welcomed in there was an act of God, because they are such a tight cult. They believe in a lot of works from witch doctors and ancestral worship. But the Lord gave us an opportunity to speak, we ran with it, and we saw an AMAZING breakthrough. Strongholds were broken, and the Bishop realized how wrong the theories and teachings were, so he was calling a meeting in a few days to straighten everything out. PRAISE THE LORD!!
The third village, Sibuto, was an 11 hour drive. We literally had to make our own roads to get to this place. This was the most challenging village, but the most rewarding. We were the FIRST visitors to ever enter this village. We would walk up to children, and they would run away screaming because they had never seen white people before. The adults were also scared because they had no idea why we were there.
The people of this village had only heard the gospel one time in their lives, and it was through the Pastor we were with, Pastor George. So we called a meeting the first night we were there, and shared some testimonies of the Lords goodness with them. Then I got up to preach the Gospel to them. At the end, 20 people came forward to receive the Lord, which is amazing, but that’s not even the best part. So while I was talking, there was this one man who was just receiving EVERY word I was saying. He came forward and the Lord told me to pray influence over him, and to pray into his heart to get a church started in the area. Well, after we were done playing, he went up to pastor George and said that they needed a church in the area. So the Lord used us to plant a church!! PRAISE HIM!!!! He is soo faithful and so amazing!!! Its so incredible to think that before this time, there was a people who some had NEVER heard the name of Jesus Christ, and now there is a church there!!
The second night was amazing too, because we shared another message with them. At the end people went up and were trading their witch doctor beads (which they believe to bring protection and healing), to receive the Lord. The awesome thing was that a girl on our team had a dream from the Lord that this was going to happen. So it was just amazing to see that come!!
As for now, I am serving on the base in Livingstone, and getting ready for the next adventure! I will fill you in on what this is as soon as possible.
Thank you so much for your support!! This would not be possible without you, and know your prayers are felt EVERYDAY!! Much love!!

FOR THE KINGDOM!!

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