A team of some twenty two people left for Zambia on the 4th of May and returned on the 5th of June. It was great to hear the news that that team was able to achieve so much in the time that they were there. Joe Jansen was the Team Leader and reports on the trip as follows:

Let me begin at the beginning and tell you that I first visited Zambia in 2003.  I was, on that occasion, just one of a small team of people who had travelled to Eagles Wings which is just outside Ndola, a small city surrounded by shanty towns that are inhabited by desperately poor people.

That experience was a personal journey of discovery, and the things seen and experienced there during that visit are still continuing to effect and change me, both in ministry and life.  ?You will never be the same again? has become my catchcry as I talk with people and encourage them to also become a part of this very wonderful and challenging work.

So now here I am, two years on and just now having returned from yet another trip to Eagles Wings, this time to help with the construction of the first stage of their School. This time a totally different journey awaited me.  It was a journey not of discovery but of sharing. I went as Team Leader, a position and title that offers no advantages other than allowing you to experience the overwhelming joy of being able to see God at work in other lives as you share what God has allowed you to already experience.  Our team was to be a small one; twelve, maybe fourteen at the most, in size.

Well, that was the plan and it sounded pretty good, but when it came time to confirm team numbers I found we had twenty two names on the list.  Those wishing to go ranged from very young adults right through to married couples who had been grandparents for many years and the skill list took in an apprentice carpenter, one fully fledged carpenter and cabinetmaker, a welder, a diesel mechanic, a Reverend, several home duty mothers come grandmothers, college students, technical and sales people, office staff, some self employed people who worked in various fields and a designer.