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Page 2 of 4 Who would we drop out? It was a decision I was certainly hesitant
to make and so I rang Reid and talked it over with him. His response
was, ?If God was leading each of these people towards Zambia, who were
we to say they could not go?? It was decided we would include each and
every one of them in the team. What a wonderful blessing that
decision turned out to be. The team eventually numbered twenty in size
and consisted of two from America, one from Tasmania, two from Sydney
and the rest from various parts of Brisbane. In all my years of ministry, both as an accredited Pastor and as a Lay
Leader within the church, I can truly say I have never ever experienced
the wonderful team spirit that this team possessed. What a
privilege and blessing, a special time and a real joy to have been a
part of this team, having a sense that God was doing a very special
thing with these people. The days were long and often the work on the
School was hard. The materials and tools we had were often far
different than what we enjoy here in Australia. The spirit of each team
member was refreshing, a joke or light hearted word was always on hand
as was heartfelt compassion and love for those who needed understanding
and help or a small prayer to get them through the day. I?m made
to wonder, yet again, at the awesome blessings God sends our
way. On the first Sunday we were there I took my first
walk around the
building site. It was a quiet and contemplative walk as I sized
up the task that awaited the team. I can truly say that I came away
feeling that the task was more than we as a team could comfortably
handle. I kept those thoughts to myself, simply determining to
allow the team to do the very best they could and achieve as much as
possible even if we were unable to tick everything off the list at the
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