Charlie picked me up a little before 10 am and we went to his place and had some breakfast and then off to church with the Hope Fellowship at Hope Village. What was raw bush several years ago is growing into quite the complex.
The service itself consisted of quite a prelude by the praise choir and then the children's choir from the school there at Hope Village. Prayers and Charlie introduced me and asked me if I would bring greetings from Reformation.
I did greet them from not only Reformation's family, but also the upwards of 70,000 people who have crossed our threshold and/or purchased bottled water at the Xerox International Jazz Festival over the past nine years. I told them about selling bottled water and the rationale behind the $1.50 price -- to give those purchasing water an opportunity to give extra support by telling us to "Keep the change", and described the awesome outpouring of generosity by those folks.
That money has made a difference. But there is more to this than just throwing money over the wall, and that's the real reason I'm here -- to find out exactly how to help toward the goal of self-sufficiency.
We have already talked about some agriculture-based schemes, possible partnership opportunities related to pediatric nursing and medicine. Interesting fact is that honey in Zambia is mostly wild-foraged, there is no formal apiculture
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