The Big 8 – 2…… we had a fun day going on a Safari all day! We went to Chobe National Park and saw hundreds of elephants, Kudus, impalas, wort hogs, crocodiles, etc. Said goodbye to Wes and Claudia yesterday. Tomorrow we are on the plane and home Friday afternoon.

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Today we made the 1 1/2 hour trip to Chilineline. We were greated by the church pastor who took us on a tour of his church and where they would like to build a pre school And teacher house. We then went back and gave the children coloring crans and paper and drew pictures of anything that came to mind. We then had a ceremony where we gave blankets to 18 families.Soccer balls beachballs,also the rest of the school supplies.Sheema cabbage chicken. After the GREAT lunch we left our new friends and made the trip back to the guest house where we debiefed. It has been an awesome four days of visits. The big 8 signing off.
P.S. We visited the water hole where they draw their cooking and drinking water. It was an emotional experience to watch the women carry 40 lbs of water on their head approx. 8 times a day back to the village.

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We had a great day in Maambo.  We celebrated the success of our trust.  We told them we are moving to a new trust.  A bittersweet day.  Kris did  a super job today speaking in church.  She only cried once. Claudia, Harv, Dave and Cheryl – half of the big eight, helped with the kids.  While Claudia taught, Harv and Dave did a great job reenacting old testament stories.  We were going to do Jonah and the whale, but couldn’t find a whale suit.  Harv was “Goliath” and Dave was “David”.  The kids chire was awesome.  We enjoyed playing games (soccer, kazoos, bubbles and jump rope).  A fun time was had by all.  Todays events, I wish every Daybreaker could have experienced.  Wes wants you to know that we have had breakfast, lunch (sheema), snacks and supper.

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What a wonderful day in Maambo.  To see the beautiful faces of the people was more than words could ever say.  To see a trust that started with nothing becoming a self contained city within itself thriving, was such a blessing.  When you walk through the village and see the well, hammer mill and piggery, you can see so much hope, love, and belief in their eyes.  Words cannot describe the feeling I had to watch their faces light up with joy.

I would like to thank everyone from daybreak for their charitable contributions.  Their donations made my day very special.  God bless Daybreak.  Tomorrow we leave the guest house to go to Maambo at 7:30.  Sunday School starts at 9:00.  Church starts at 10:00.  Kris will be preaching and Claudia will be teaching children.  After church, we will say our goodbyes.

I am so humbled to see how God has used Daybreak with the leadership of Kris in Maambo;  To be greeted by the women singing their praises to God, hugging us with such love.  To be able to see a young mother’s heart, dying of aids while we show love to her children with a gift of a soccer ball, to pray for her.  Too many stories to share.  Pray for Kris as she shares the hope of Jesus.  Pray for the leadership of Maambo.  We love and miss you all!

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Hey big eight reporting here!  What a great dusty day we had today!!  We went to the village of chilimelime and what a great moving experience we had.  They served us a wonderful lunch of goat, goat liver, and chicken with shema, yummy!!  What an awesome day in my life!!  We were met with dancing and singing when we arrived. The kazoos were a big hit.  We greeted the villagers with a great rendition of amazing grace on the kazoos.  we took a tour of the village with the village board members and they showed us their vegetable garden, the water wells and goat couple.  As I am bloging, the other members of the team are packing the suitcases for Mambo for Saturday.  I tell you daybreakers, I am the only adult in the group!  They sit there bickering and yelling at each other as they listen to who is reading the list f supplies for tomorrows trip.  Can’t wait to go to Mambo tomorrow.

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Hello from the Zambia team. We have had a full day of meetings are ready to let off a little steam. We learned a lot about Chililime and we will visit them tomorrow for the first time. We visited the Choma market and the museum today.
Just to let you know that harv did very well in the meetings today. A great day with the team! This group is so much fun harv and debbie cakes, dave with micro popcorn outside in garage, four giuys calling chad for help with blog, eatung simba smoked beef potato chips and dave in hoody being called in by security, mark getting phone call at 3:00am for a car sales, nobody is having more fun than us….
Harv ask the ladies to leave the lid up. Harv’s brought Little Debbies. Made my midnight snack awesome. What a guy. Had a full day with World Hope. Claudia cant find the lights. She is funny.
Chrissie is a driver. Tomorrow we go to our new Community Village Partnership. Cant wait to see our new assignment. Lot of the team had ice cream at the bread shop. We just had a few bags of microwave popcorn. Gooooooooooooooood to the last pop!
Tomorrow we only have to sit in a van for 1 hour with Cheryl. Short drive! It was wonderful to do some power shopping at the Choma mall. We have couple staying with us have matching outfits on the last 2 days. I here that red is rthe color of choice tomorrow.
More good news tomorrow. Stay tuned to the Big 8

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First of all…. HAPPY 27th GAIL!!! You lucky woman!
We made it to Choma, Zambia at 530 pm after a 2 hour plane and a 2.5 hour bus ride. Glad to be here after 2 1/2 days of travel.. Can you imagine being with Cheryl Robrahn all that time in a plane. Tomorrow we will learn about our new village and get the lay of the land. Everyone in good spirits and talking is non stop. Harv keeps talking about his anniversary and Dave says he misses Jan-this is the longest he has ever gone without talking to her.
We do miss you all. Talk to you tomorrow.Gail no worries Harvey did not forget your anniversary we sang to him lol How many more days til pippa come.
Happy anniversary ” Sis!!!!!!!!!! ” Miss Ya

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It is 6:45 pm in Joberg, South Africa. We just checked into the hotel for the night. There is a Caraba like restaurant within walking distance that we will be eating at for dinner. I bet none of you can guess who is excited about eating tonight!
It was sort of an eventfull travel so far. First our flight was cancellrd to Chicago do to thunder storms so we rented 2 vans and drove to Ohara airport. Rick and Harv were the designated drivers as delegated by our team leader Kris Dekker. 6 out of the 8 made the flight to Dulles. Rick and Harv didn’t. We Had to patiently stand in line at the United ticket counter for 2 hours to rebook another flight to Dulles to get back to the team. The next flight was over booked but somehow we got on the flight, I think somone was watching out for us.
Tomorrow we will get up at 6 and fly out to Livingstone, Zambia. After we arrive in livingstone, we have a 3 hour ride tor Choma. But the hardest part of travel is done and e are looking forward to seeing our friends at World Hope.

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