Zambia ....

I found out there yesterday that I'm heading back over to Zambia this summer. Which I am really looking foward to, realising of course that it is going to be very, very different - no team meetings, no team times, no Jules, no Chrissie.

Hopefully the blog will be used to keep yas up to date with what's going on - There are lots to do before then - Letters to be written, funds to be sought, prayer points to be uploaded, Exams to be studied for, Driving lessons to be had, placements for college to be sought ...

so all in all it is going to be a busy few months but I am really, really looking forward to this journey. Here's what I will be doing in a nut shell!

Summer 2008

This summer, I am hoping to embark on a parish placement with a difference, being the last summer of University Study, I have been granted a place on a CMSI STEP (Short Term Experience Placement) programme heading out to Kitwe, in the Copperbelt region of Northern Zambia. This placement will be based with CMSI Mission Partners Rev. Keith & Lynn Scott at the Anglican Seminary. The experience will be see me working and studying alongside local seminarians also training for Anglican ministry.

I will also have the chance to work with Keith in his parish duties in a local church, to work with the local diocesan Youth co-ordinator, Peter who I have already built up a good relationship with as well as, I’m sure lots of other experiences. In return for this experience, I would aim to assist with resources and computer training for the college and individuals and to get involved in other things as they rise.

This is the first time I have been out to Africa as an individual and am looking forward to the experience. I am also in consultation with a Methodist Minister who is working in a different part of the country, on a community development programme and am hoping to draw alongside him in his work towards the end of my trip.

All in all I am really looking forward to the summer.