Dear Family and Friends,
Time is flying as we're now well into October. We have less than a month left in Zambia before our travel through Tanzania and Uganda. We're constantly reevaluating what we're trying to accomplish individually and collectively so that we can make the most of every opportunity while we're here.
We ask for prayers for Petra Malmquist and her family. She had to go home on Monday morning because of a family emergency. While I can't go into detail here, I simply ask that you pray for God's peace on her as she has left our tight-knit group and returned early.
This morning we leave Namwianga for the NorthWestern province where we'll visit the missionaries in Mumena. The purpose of this trip is to visit the missionaries who live there (http://www.mumenamissions.org/) and learn from them, seeing a different missions model from what we're used to seeing here at Namwianga. We leave this morning at 07:30 and will travel all the way through to the other side of Lusaka, and stay in a hotel tonight. As we go through Lusaka, we'll pick up Evertt Huffard, Dean/VP of Harding School of Theology; he is the final faculty member for HIZ2012. He'll be with us through the end of the HIZ program. The group actually took my Missionary Anthropology final yesterday afternoon as we've met 4-5 times a week for the first half of the semester so that we could give the time necessary to a missions class Dr Huffard will be offering during his time here.
Tomorrow is our long day of travel. We'll leave at about 07:30 again and hope to get to Mumena before dark. We'll make some stops for fuel and for bathrooms but our goal is just to make it to Mumena as soon as possible.
At Mumena we'll be taking a few classes with the missionaries who work there, we'll be dressing up for an early trick-or-treating with the American kids, and visiting some of the churches in different villages. We visit one of the world's largest refugee camps while we're there and will meet and worship with the Congolese Christians.
After several days in Mumena, we'll take our time coming back, staying the night at 3 different places and enjoying some time of relaxation before we get back to Namwianga to finish off the semester of classes. We plan to arrive back at Namwianga sometime on Thursday, the 18th of October.
Most of the group will be out of contact (by phone or email) during much of this trip, but you may always contact me should you need to speak with any of the students. I'll be checking email regularly and will have my phone.
As a reminder, my phone number is 011 260 965 942 697
My wife, Katie's number is 011 260 972 076 911
Janice Bingham's number is 011 260 965 942 699
While we're on the road our cell reception will be spottier, but when we're in Mumena and at our hotels/lodges along the way, you should be able to reach me without any problem.
Grace and peace,
Jeremy Daggett
HIZ 2012 Field Director
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