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ZAMBIA TRIPS
This past month has been a very busy one for Seeds of Hope in Zambia! It’s been an encouraging time as many teams have come over to sow into the work there and move things forward in several areas. Seeds of Hope is coming into a strategic place in Zambia where we are really beginning to multiply what we are doing by training other organizations and leaders doing similar work reaching out to the needy. Our vision of being a community resource center is finally becoming reality.
Hygiene: A Lifewater International team of Diane Foss and Jim and Susan Losey came to Zambia in May to take SHIP’s hygiene program to the next level. They concentrated on helping our hygiene and sanitation trainers be prepared for a new ongoing training project beginning in specific schools and villages. They also helped to train trainers in eight other organizations involved in community development. The hygiene team visited the small community of Lazaro, where we had drilled a well and done hygiene training two years ago. They asked the headman if he had seen any changes in the community since those initial efforts, and without hesitation he responded, “We’ve not had one case of cholera since that time!”
Jim, Susan and Diane with a hygiene class
Drilling: While we were in Zambia, we drilled at a community named Misaka that has about 5000 people living there. Previously the entire community was drinking from contaminated streams. We chose to locate the well at the only school for that area, a broken-down one room building. We’re hoping they’ll also be able to use the water to build bricks to enlarge their school.  Also, a Lifewater team of Rod Thompson, Timothy Cleath, Dan Flory, and Ray and Mary Newmyer is in Zambia this month conducting an advanced drill training for the Seeds of Hope team.
Sand filters: We were blessed to have Tal Woolsey from CAWST in Zambia again. He is helping us become a Center of Expertise for this region by the consistent training he is doing. We are also continuing to produce and distribute sand filters funded by Thirst Relief, Rotary, and individual donors. This has made a tremendous impact on the community of Mapalo, where the bulk of the sand filters are being delivered. We met with all the community leaders and they expressed to us how they are seeing change and hope come into families lives.
Students at the sand filter training
Outreach: We had a great Jesus movie showing at our well site where over 700 people showed up.  They were singing for hours beforehand and were very attentive. Many prayed to ask Jesus into their lives, and a local church will be doing follow up with them.  Praise God for all He is doing in Zambia! 

BOISE VINEYARD

The Boise Vineyard first heard about Seeds of Hope through a Vineyard Missions partnership conference where they were inspired by watching a video on the drilling, hand pump repair and hygiene training taking place in Zambia. What Seeds of Hope is doing with a practical, hands-on approach to reaching the needy is just what the Boise Vineyard had been looking to be a part of.

This inspired them to take a vision trip to Zambia this past April. Senior pastor Tri Robinson and his wife Nancy, together with administrative pastor Tim McFarlane, and Les & Lynn Brown and Ken Moore all came over to Zambia and observed the different aspects of SHIP’s ministry there. 

The Boise Vineyard is now partnering with the Mapalo Vineyard and Seeds of Hope to construct a building for the Mapalo Resource Center. They have a heart to equip the church in Zambia to reach into the surrounding community. Church members from Vineyard Boise along with students being trained at their Vineyard College of Missions will be working with SHIP in Zambia

Seeds of Hope is very excited about this new partnership and blessed to be working with Boise Vineyard.

Visit their website to learn more and see a video from their time in Zambia http://www.vineyardboise.org/hear_the_word/advent-ure.htm

CONTAINER ARRIVED!
After a long challenging journey, our container finally arrived in Zambia in early May. Pastor Francis Feruka expressed his gratefulness and asks for prayer for wisdom in facilitating the use of all the supplies that were shipped.

NEEDS AT SEEDS OF HOPE
We have been able to accomplish a lot in the three short years that we have been working, bringing clean water to over 150,000 people. Even though we’ve grown on so many levels, we’re not raising enough money to support the programs and related infrastructure we have going. For example, with the arrival of the container, we now have two drill rigs in Zambia! However, we have only one truck to transport the crew and the rigs to the drilling sites. In order to drill at full capacity, we really need to purchase a second vehicle, as well as funding for more wells. We’ve been able to facilitate this with very little infrastructure costs here in America, but in order to do this long-term, we need to have paid staff and operating money. So we could use your help in two areas: One, if you appreciate what we’re doing, tell your family and friends about it. Two, if you can partner with us financially, especially on a regular basis, we really need your support. Seeds of Hope has been built on the sacrificial giving of many of you, but we now really need to enlarge that base.

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