Jesus is our Great Physician. And having men who will confront the needs of their community instead of drinking themselves to death down at the tavern is a ray of light in the midst of overwhelming darkness. In the picture above is a pastor who is president of an association of pastors in and around Luanshya. He oversees a nearby medical clinic that takes care of many urgent care needs that the bush community has. He attended our conference and we had lunch ...

People have burdens, Americans have burdens, Africans have burdens, and Pastors have burdens. At one point during the pastor's conference, we asked the pastors to share their burdens so we could pray for them. Several shared out loud audibly and many more raised their hands asking to do so. Since so many wanted to share, we just invited them to come forward, kneel down before the Lord, and do some "burden casting." Probably 100 men came forward and began to ...

I posted several days ago about a little baby that we were able to see that was rescued from the pigs. She was 1.9 lbs and was 3 days old. Most likely a young teenage girl gave birth to her and did not want her. But she has been rescued from the pit and now my prayer is that she will grow to have a testimony of being rescued by Christ. Sadly, being thrown to the pigs is not an abnormal occurrence in Zambia. And sadly, abortion is not an abnormal occurrence i...

Today at the soccer clinic, God arranged a Divine encounter. We noticed a man that came up while we were doing soccer drills holding the hand of his little 3 year old boy. It is rare to see a dad in Zambia show this kind of affection for his children or even to be present. At some point during the soccer match, we began to talk with him. He was educated, well poised, and just a good all around guy. Come to find out, he had only lived in this town for two week...

Today we hosted a community wide soccer clinic just a couple of minutes from the Encounter headquarters. It was a great morning and a wonderful time of sharing the love of Christ. Now it doesn't take an expert to run a soccer clinic in Zambia. Here's how you do it: First, have a soccer ball. That's an unheard of luxury in and of itself. Secondly, throw the soccer ball onto a run-down field, put on some soccer jerseys, blow a few whistles, and then watch the...