We finished our second day of the pastor's conference in Lusaka - the township of George - and we have just tomorrow to go.

I teach in one of the largest churches in Zambia Sunday. They only have two services so it is like a part-time gig. We debrief Sunday afternoon and fly home on Monday. I can't believe it is almost time to come home. I will miss all my friends - our friends – here, but I miss Cathy and the kids and all of you more. I can't wait to see all of you and to share all that I have seen Jesus doing here. My heart is rejoicing as it is also breaking. God is doing miracles and there are so many more that need to happen.

One of the really bright spots is Pastor Chris's ministry. When we met Pastor Chris four years ago, he had a group of less than 50 people meeting together and a small, run-down building. Their calling was to feed the children of their neighborhood one solid meal a week. It took all the resources they could muster to do that. Chris has been faithful and his church has grown one new believer at a time. They now are more than 150 strong.

Through a business grant, the church built a "chicken run" on their property. A year later, they had saved enough money from the profits from selling adult chickens raised from chicks to build a second "run." They also have built three homes on their property for at-risk families. They doubled the size of the building where they feed the children and they now feed them three meals a week. They focus on HIV/AIDS positive kids and children with Tuberculosis.

They have now finished the foundation and the floor of a church building - they are building the building for themselves last! They are praying that God will provide so they can have the walls and roof up in the next 24 months. Every Saturday morning, they have a Children's program and last Saturday, they had 200 children - playing, doing crafts, eating a healthy snack, and learning about Jesus. 

Chris asked me to please thank all of you for your support - believe me, we're talking hundreds of dollars and not a thousand. That's all it took to empower these believers to become self-sufficient as a church and to become salt and light in their world and to bring change one soul at a time. How cool is that?! Thanks Ridge Pointers!

Keep praying so we can keep these types of stories coming. For every hungry child Chris feeds, there are hundreds of thousands more.