Our Deputation Schedule

You can see our deputation schedule at this link.

Will Walk for Goldfish

Kristell is starting to take a few steps. Goldfish crackers are a big incentive!

London

Here's a few pictures from our visit to London on the way home from Lesotho:

West Minster Abbey

Big Ben and the House of Parliament

London Bridge

One of the Queen's guards

Some stranger took this picture for us. We were standing on a bridge across the Thames river beside Big Ben

Prayer and Praise Updates

Dear Praying Friends,

Here's a quick prayer and praise update:

Praise:

• 'Me Mapheko's health is gradually improving. She is not yet able to return to her job, but she is able to do light house work, go to church, etc. Praise the Lord for this! Please continue praying for her complete healing.
• Praise the Lord for a good one-day ladies' conference this past Saturday.
• Shelby Tollett was a tremendous blessing during the two months he was here. Thank the Lord for all the things that he got done in a short time!
• Volunteers from the church have almost finished building the last two walls around the conference center. Praise God!

Prayer:

• I just received a text message from Pieter and Hester Marais. They have been in Zambia and Botswana on the Bible distribution trip since the beginning of June. For several weeks they have been struggling to transfer money between banks in Zambia and Namibia. Please pray for them and this situation! Thank you!
• Mr. Howard, HIM's Africa Regional Director, is planning to visit the field the third week of August. Please pray for safety as he travels and wisdom from God as we hold meetings and discuss the work here.
• We will be traveling home to America for furlough and deputation on the 22nd of August. We have a very long list of things to do before we leave. Please help us pray for strength and wisdom to get everything done.
• Pray that God would revive us missionaries and the national leaders. We need a fresh touch!

We depend on your prayer support. Thanks for being so faithful!



Glenn, Stephanie, Kaitlyn, & Kristell Gault
Hope International Missions

Zambia 2010

Here's a few pictures and highlights from the annual Bible distribution trip to Zambia. We sold Tonga, Lozi, Bemba, Nyanga, and English Bibles in Choma and Monzi, Zambia. These are a couple of the more major towns on the road between Livingstone and Lusaka. Altogether 10,000 Bibles sold this year.

Here's S.W. van der Merwe (son of HIM missonaries Johan and Hessie van der Merwe) walking through an open-air market in Choma selling Bibles.

This year there was a total of six teams who went to assist Uncle Piet and Aunt Hester with the Bibles. From left to right in this picture is Christelle Coleman, Gert Louw, and Brian Coleman. They are friends of the mission from Ladybrand, South Africa.

Here's another market picture. Usually when we arrive in a new area, we set up a little shop at the tailgate of the truck like in the last picture. A few people stay at this "shop" and the rest of us go out with backpacks of Bibles through the markets and the towns selling Bibles.

One day S.W. and Shelby sold a Bible to some street vendor who paid all in hundred Kwacha bills. You can see the handful of money--280 very dirty, worn out bills! The money takes a little getting used to! We sold the Bibles for 28,000 Kwacha or about $5.75. If we meet a person who genuinely wants and Bible but doesn't have that much money, we sell to them for what they can afford. We try to never turn away anyone who really wants a Bible.

One Sunday we were invited to a little church in a village about 20 miles away from where we were staying. Here's the pastor, an interpreter, and S.W. testifying. I was asked to preach. The people listened carefully and seemed to understand the message about the importance of having a pure heart.

Overall, the people of Zambia seem very industrious and innovative. Imagine making a living welding window frames with this homemade arc welder!

On the way home, we spent a day in the Chobe Game Preserve in northern Botswana. I'm going to try to post some animal pictures later this week. As the full moon was setting in the west, the sun was rising in the east. It was spectacular!

Animals, both domestic and wild, are a constant threat on the roads in Africa. Most people in America have seen deer crossing signs, but what about warthog crossings????