As I'm writing this, we are in the final session of the youth conference. Close to 200 young people and youth workers filled the ERM center! We were only expecting about 50 so this was a real blessing. But the far BIGGER blessing was the 25+ teens that made professions of faith in Christ and the many who came forward wanting to make their lives about Jesus Christ. A holy hush came over the room as the invitation after one of the sessions went about 20+ minute...

Did you know there is a Pastor Mark in Zambia? There is:) By looking at the picture, do you think you can tell which one he is?:) Pastor Mark was just one of over 200 pastors that joined us for a special two-day conference where we had the great privilege of encouraging these pastors in the Word of God, teaching them, and helping them to be better equipped to impact their nation for the Lord Jesus Christ. As of today we have heard many reports that pastors ha...

Today was the 2nd and last day of the pastor's conference. God answered all of our prayers back home and up until the day. The pastor's gave too many testimonies to number or recount. But here are just a few testimonies that were shared with me: "My heart has been set on fire, my ministry has been expanded, the level to which I minister has gone up extremely, before you came we were just 'playing church,' we were not preparing our sermons seriously, we have no...

Today was incredible! Did I say today was incredible? If I didn't, let me just say that today was incredible:) About 170 pastors showed up today after walking or riding bikes through the night and early morning hours to be a part of our two day conference. We began the day at 10am and went until 5pm making the most of every moment. The team sang before each session, and interviewed the pastors through out the day. I did a session on, "10 Marks of a Gospel M...

Today is Sunday! We split into two teams today and I took one group (1/2 USA team & 1/2 Africa team) to one church and another mixed group went to a different church. The church we visited and ministered in was Lighthouse Baptist Church in Endola. This is a larger town and the people seemed to have a little more than the people in Luanshya and most definitely the people who lived in the villages. In this town you had small cinder block homes and then some...