This blog entry comes to you from Nick Yankey, a social work major:
This week got off to a more relaxing start when we were given all day Monday to work on our school work and catch up on laundry and those other tasks that tend to get pushed aside until we get a free moment. Monday night, Margie gave us some encouragement about the work we are doing here, being just a small part of God’s great plan. She shared with us this quote that heads her personal blog:
“We cannot do everything and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for God’s grace to enter and do the rest.” – Archbishop Oscar Romero
Tuesday we split up into four groups to do our field work with the WHIZ staff:
Melinda and Elijah left early, heading all the way down to Livingstone to visit four schools and meet with the staff about the Reach 4 Life program. On her lunch break, Melinda learned the differences between sandwiches at Subway in America and Zambia. Michael and Leah also worked with the Reach 4 Life staff and visited several schools that are implementing this sexual abstinence program with great results.
Audrey, Ethan, Lindsay, and I went to Zimba where we helped out trust caregivers fertilize their corn fields that were planted back in December. With about 15 of us, we were able to apply fertilizer by hand to the whole field in under an hour. This is a job that we were told may take a few days on a family farm. We learned that farming is dependent on the chemical fertilizer, which is very expensive. This presents a challenge to farmers struggling through poverty.
Ben, Brandon, Charlotte, Kara and Brittany headed out to Jembo, working in community health and youth outreach. Lessons were learned about how little some students know about HIV and AIDS, which gives World Hope a good opportunity to spread its programs into more schools here in the southern province.
We set out tomorrow for another day of work.
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3 comments:
Wow Nick! I'm so excited for all of you... what an awesome, enriching, stretching, potentially life-wrecking-for-the-normal opportunity!!! :)
Keep the stories and life-lessons coming.
Sending my love to you all- and an open invitation for any/all of you to change your flights and spend a few days/weeks with us here in Southern Sudan on your way back. For serious. :) You're welcome!
Zambia Team -- I can't tell you how exciting it was to read your blog! I went to Zambia to 'pave the way' for possibly starting an IWU program in Zambia. It's thrilling for me to realize that it has happened and you are having a marvelous adventure. My prayer is that God will powerfully use each of you. Greetings to Brad and Sydney! Blessings -- Connie Lightfoot (formerly of IWU)
yo, hey i was just there last month, heard about you guys being there and was thrilled. we were in pemba at the bible college and i spent most my time in jembo at the secondary school. i saw you guys were there and no doubt i'm sure you met emmanuel, lucky and ramni. if you are back that way please tell them hi from dave! its awesome what you are doing, wish they had this when i was at iwu. keep it up.
dave hodge iwu 2001
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