We arrived in Zambia on Sunday afternoon and we hit the road running.

We quickly checked into our guest house - I had to encourage a couple of geckos to find alternative housing for a few nights - and began a tour of ministry sites made possible through God's grace and the faithful giving of resources by Ridge Pointers and our partnership with Jubilee Centre here in Zambia.

  I also met Agnes. Agnes has two teenage sons and is a widow. Through her church - we always work through the local church and the pastors in partnership with Jubilee - Agnes received a $150 grant to begin a business. She has taken the grant and built it into a successful fruit and grain "kiosk" at her local market. She earns enough to support her boys and to keep them in school. She is tithing to her church and volunteers to mentor other women in becoming independent.   She looked at me with tearful eyes and a weather-worn face and asked me to please thank all of you. "Please thank everyone at your church for helping me and my family."   Instead of begging and seeing her boys lose their chance of realizing the potential God has placed in them as His sons, she is an independent, self-sufficient, Jesus-loving, giving, volunteering, woman of Jesus. All she needed was a little help. Thanks for supplying it. You've been part of changing her life and the lives of her boys and all those she serves.   Way to go God!   I'll be writing all week and I will try to also post some video. No promises. I'll try. We start the pastor's conference this morning (Monday). Pray hard - you are all here with me. Thanks - Love you all!   Jim