Upcoming trip to Zambia, Help Needed

Pictured are over 60 of the men that I have the privilege of serving in Zambia. I am YOUR ambassador to them. We are their partners in ministry. We fellowship with them in the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Zambia. Thank you for your active involvement in prayer and giving. You are laying up treasures in heaven when you invest in the ministry of Church planting, pastoral training and disciple making in Zambia. Literally thousands of souls have been saved and many of them are becoming true disciples of Jesus Christ.

Soon I will be making another trip to Zambia and join these men for a month of distributing Bibles,Books and Bicycles as well as assessing future needs while gathering the latest data in the field.

There will be four separate gatherings with over a dozen key leaders in the Northwest, Copperbelt, Lusaka and Northern/Luapula Provinces. Most of these men will have to travel long distances to meet with us. One of the Hub Leaders and I will be traveling several thousand miles to the designated meeting places. We will gather together for several days of strategy sessions, data gathering, Bible training and good fellowship with God and one another.

I need your help with the following expenses for this trip:

1. Roundtrip airfare - $1600
2. 30 days of traveling in Zambia - $1000
3. 4 mini conferences (will include travel exp. and food for the men, we will be sleeping in churches and tents) - $2000
4. Miscellaneous expenses (food, phone and internet) - $400

The Trip will last 4 weeks start to finish. I will be staying in pastor's homes or a tent as much as possible. There will be a few nights I will have to stay in a guesthouse. Because of the conferences we will be traveling with our own vehicle instead of public transportation. We always purpose to be frugal and careful with the Lord's money.

Your participation with us in this incredible ministry is a joy and encouragement to all of us at Hope Builders Ministries and especially to the church in Zambia that we have the joy and privilege to serve.

Your Representative in Zambia,

Jeff Hawkins

Hope Builders Ministries, Zambia Coordinator

2010 Zambia Trip

Dear Ones,

Well the time of departure for Zambia is very near! June 8th I will be flying to Lusaka and arriving the morning of the 10th (30+ hours). A very busy schedule awaits me, PRAISE THE LORD. I love being busy in Zambia and it is not hard to do.

The brothers will meet me in Lusaka upon arrival where I will spend a day re-couping from the trip. From Lusaka I will travel with one of the brothers to Chinsali and Isoka (600 miles). There I will meet with Hub Leader James Bwalya/Chinsali and Church planter Simon in Isoka. James is the brother God has used to plant over 100 churches in that area this past year. I want to visit with him and some of his pastors and "see" what the Lord is doing there and collect some data. In Isoka we want to encourage our young Pastor Simon (Pictured with Pastor Steve Warren) and his family as they endeavor to plant a Bible preaching, disciple-making church in Isoka.


After a week in the Northern Province I will travel south to Mazabuka and Pastor Michael (Pictured with me). He is the Hub Leader in this area. He will be working with 3 young men from the US who are helping him evangelize and follow-up on new believers. We will do some "strategizing" on where to plant new churches as well as spend time together before the Lord. It is always an awesome time to pray and fellowship with our partners in Zambia.




On June 29 the US team begins to arrive in Lusaka for the outreach in Livingstone. Denson Mushitala and I will meet them and see that they make the final 6 hour road trip to Livingstone on July 2nd.

The next 10 days will be an intense time of learning the absolute necessity of making-disciples, how to do that and how to teach others to do the same. Pastor Bert Spann will be our "discipler" and all of us including the Zambian Church will be tremendously blessed as we follow the Lord's example of disciple-making. As we work with the HIM Zambia Hub Pastors in Livingstone and their churches we will partner with the Zambians evangelizing new areas, planting new churches and beginning the process of disciple-making. This is how I was first introduced to the disciple-making ministry of HIM Zambia. It has been incredible being a part Jesus Christ's redemptive work.

The outreach will last until July 12 when the US team returns to Lusaka and their flight home. I will keep you updated on the outreach via HIMAfrica Group mail.

On July 14 we will conduct a 3 day pastor and wife conference. This is a first for us! We are excited to share the Word of God with these team leaders and encourage them in the work and their marriages. Pray for Denson Mushitala, Melinda Dykstra and myself as we team teach this conference.

On July 19th I will be flying home and arriving on the 20th. SIX weeks of serving the Lord and our co-laborers in Zambia. May the Lord Jesus Christ be glorified in it all.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

1. Endurance - Everyone will need patient endurance on this trip. Every aspect will be a spiritual and physical challenge. Christ is our Strength.
2. Souls - Pray for the souls whom the Lord Holy Spirit is already drawing and preparing to hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Christ is the Savior.
3. Provision - This has been one of the most expensive trips we have taken. Because of the World Cup and scrambling for flights we have had to spend $10,000 more than anticipated on airfare. This has cut into our supply on the ground. Christ is our Provision!
   

We are trusting the Lord for the following:

• $2000 for the first 3 weeks of ministry.
• $2500 to overhaul the national ministry vehicle.
• $2500 to conduct the "Pastor/wife" conference.

You may share with us through Hope Builders Ministries, POBox 317, Greenwood, VA 22943. Designate your gifts to ZAMBIA.

As always I am grateful to God for providing you as ministry partners in Africa. God continues to do great and mighty things through His people to save a lost world from their sin and His righteous wrath and to glorify Himself.

May His Name be Praised!

Christ is ALL!

Jeff Hawkins

HIMAfrica serving Hope Builders Ministries as the Zambia Coordinator

Malawi Team Returns

Malawi Team, family and friends
I have spoken to Herbie (National Coordinator for Malawi/Team Leader) to make sure that they arrived safely back home (South Africa). The group arrived at home at 2:30 am this morning (Wednesday) - it has been a long haul for them but they are excited about the results of the outreach. Obviously he has not yet had the time to draw up the final report but as you have asked for any detail I received I can share the following with you giving all the Glory to our Lord:
1). The outreach groups worked with the 11 congregations that are part of the new Hub that was formed towards the end of last year - it had grown to the 11 new congregations over the last 9 months since the Hub itself was established.
2). A total of 23 villages were served during this outreach.
3). Twenty new churches have been planted in the new villages - their establishment as congregations is the first task of the Hub Leaders in that area so that they can become local congregations with a local pastor - Pastoral training will be started within the Hub System shortly
4). The Jesus Film was shown 12 times.
5). The total number of people who made contact with the work the teams were doing is estimated somewhere between 15 and 18,000 (the numbers attending the Jesus Film shows are very difficult to estimate because it is dark, people are standing in clusters and more arrive all the time as they hear the sound projected by the loudspeakers.
6). A total of 8,800 names of people who made confessions of faith were shared with the pastors so that local follow up could be done by all the participating churches.
From this it can be seen that God has answered the prayers of the saints all around the world who received the information of this outreach and undertook to pray for your safety, effectiveness in sharing the Gospel and receptive hearts of those with whom you shared the Word of God. All Praise and Honor to Father God and to the Son for His sacrificial death to open the door for us to be reconciled with the Father, under the indwelling guidance of the Holy Spirit.
What a joy to share this early info with you - the final report may change some of these figures slightly and will give more detail together with some testimonies.
If you (travelers) will send a testimony of your experience of this trip to me I would appreciate it greatly.
Blessed greetings
Johan
Hope Builders International
Africa Director

LIVINGSTONE MISSION

Great Commission Keepers!

July 14-28 we will be hosting a mission to Livingstone, Zambia. This is the home of the Victoria Falls, traditionally called "The Smoke that Thunders." It is also the home of thousands of poor souls without the Lord Jesus Christ or a church to help grow them in the faith once they are saved.

Our mission will be to partner with Harvesters International ministris and local churches to go into the bush and villages to share the Gospel and establish new churches. The Jesus Film will be shone in the evenings.

We will be staying at the modest but very comfortable accomodations of the Sunbird Guesthouse outside of Livingstone. Harvesters International Ministries Zambia will be our host.

HIM Zambia is our partner planting churches, training pastors and making disciples in Zambia.

Would you join this trip? Your cost will be $3800 plus your passport, visa and any vacinations you might need. This fee covers your roundtrip airfare, food, lodging, and any transportation in Zambia.

You will work for 8 days with a local church winning souls and planting churches. Your evenings will be spent at the guesthouse or in the field showing the Jesus Film.

Some of you want to go but can not see how you could possibly afford the trip, but the Lord is able. This will give you the opportunity to trust the Lord as most missionaries have to in raising the support needed to serve on a foreign field. Your church can be a wonderful partner with you. It's sponsorship and that of friends and family are available but you must make the need known.

If you can not go would you consider a gift to help sponsor someone else? We either GO or Send...
Either way,
Consider joining us! Email me today if you are interested.
Jeff@HIMAfrica. com