Coming Home!

The past few weeks have been crazy busy but great. We had a "Come Back Alive" class in which we had to stay out in the middle of no where over night and build our own shelter and fire. We ate burnt rice for dinner.Also, during the class the team had to kill a chicken and goat. To be honest it was awful, I couldn't even watch. We also had a "Bush Cooking" class and we had to kill a chicken for dinner and cook over a fire for the week. We also completed a "Sector Management" project. This project is the research you would need to do before going into a new unreached area. It includes the strategy you would use to reach and disciple the people. It was very interesting and a lot of fun.
Last week we went on our final expedition. We returned to the Mukuni chiefdom. However we were in a different area that was further out than lats time. We drove for around 3 hours on bumpy, unpaved roads to get there. We set up camp outside the village school. It was extremely hot the entire time we were there. While we were there we did hut to hut ministry, children's ministry, and we also showed the "Jesus" film.
We had our AMT graduation Saturday. We will be flying out Tuesday. We are so excited about going back home and seeing family and friends. We are so thankful for all that God has taught us during our time here. In so many ways being here was not what we expected. However, we are confident that it was exactly where God wanted us and exactly what we needed.  God's Word has been especially precious to us since being here in Zambia. We are also so thankful for people who have continually encouraged us and covered us in prayer. We are looking forward to Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for. We thank God for his faithfulness and his grace that strengthened us through this whole process.