Pastor Louw Ronquest, a South African evangelist who we had originally met three years ago at the Lighthouse Church in Stony Plain, arrived late on Monday afternoon. The plan had been to arrive on Monday morning but his vehicle had broken down in Livingstone on Saturday so he had to catch a ride up to Kakulu.
The service for Monday evening went ahead as planned at Green Leaf farm which is on the main highway and chosen as an evening venue because it has electricity. The farmer kindly allowed the use of his tractor shed and we had about 30 people turn out for a very powerful time of worship and teaching. On Tuesday there were two services at Pastor Justin's church - one in the morning and one in the afternoon - with a break for lunch. During the morning service Louw blessed Justin and Yaliwe's baby girl, Jennifer, now three months old. (As some will know she is named in honour of Jenny so it was an honour to be there for the dedication.)
Unfortunately Louw had to cut his visit short - we had plans for him to spend the whole week and have services and prayer meetings at several other venues throughout the community - to get back to Livingstone with the necessary spare parts to get his vehicle fixed and back to SA. So we were all up at 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning and left for Lusaka soon after 5:00. A smooth drive there and we were able to deliver him to the bus station soon after 8:00 to catch a bus to Livingstone - another 7 hour journey for him. Since we were already in Lusaka Jenny decided that she and Cai would fly to Zimbabwe - again a few days earlier than planned - so we managed to book them on a flight for later in the day. We did some errands around town then I dropped them at the airport and drove back to the farm.
The rest of the week was quite uneventful although with it usual challenges and frustrations. The main generator had needed an overhaul and took much longer than expected - five days instead of two. Although we have a small back-up generator it is only powerful enough to run lights but not charge the batteries that we use for running the satellite internet and fridge so it was tough managing those two things. Also I succumbed to a stomach bug followed by a sore throat - over four days - so, on top of being on my own, rattling around this big place, I was feeling quite low and lacking energy.
This afternoon Mr Banda and I went for a drive to check on the progress of bricks for the house. Found one batch ready now so that's good news as we can resume the work on Monday.
The service for Monday evening went ahead as planned at Green Leaf farm which is on the main highway and chosen as an evening venue because it has electricity. The farmer kindly allowed the use of his tractor shed and we had about 30 people turn out for a very powerful time of worship and teaching. On Tuesday there were two services at Pastor Justin's church - one in the morning and one in the afternoon - with a break for lunch. During the morning service Louw blessed Justin and Yaliwe's baby girl, Jennifer, now three months old. (As some will know she is named in honour of Jenny so it was an honour to be there for the dedication.)
Unfortunately Louw had to cut his visit short - we had plans for him to spend the whole week and have services and prayer meetings at several other venues throughout the community - to get back to Livingstone with the necessary spare parts to get his vehicle fixed and back to SA. So we were all up at 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning and left for Lusaka soon after 5:00. A smooth drive there and we were able to deliver him to the bus station soon after 8:00 to catch a bus to Livingstone - another 7 hour journey for him. Since we were already in Lusaka Jenny decided that she and Cai would fly to Zimbabwe - again a few days earlier than planned - so we managed to book them on a flight for later in the day. We did some errands around town then I dropped them at the airport and drove back to the farm.
The rest of the week was quite uneventful although with it usual challenges and frustrations. The main generator had needed an overhaul and took much longer than expected - five days instead of two. Although we have a small back-up generator it is only powerful enough to run lights but not charge the batteries that we use for running the satellite internet and fridge so it was tough managing those two things. Also I succumbed to a stomach bug followed by a sore throat - over four days - so, on top of being on my own, rattling around this big place, I was feeling quite low and lacking energy.
This afternoon Mr Banda and I went for a drive to check on the progress of bricks for the house. Found one batch ready now so that's good news as we can resume the work on Monday.
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