Spring Break Teacher's Trip!!

If you are a current or former teacher, come join us on a 10 day trip to make an impact on education in Zambia, Africa.

Susie Sanders, a teacher in Ft Worth, talks about her experience with the community 

schools in Zambia and contrasting them with the schools run by Family Legacy.

Dates:  March 10-20, 2011

Trip includes:

• Large group and small group teacher training

• On-site co-teaching, observing, and student testing at the Lifeway Christian Academies

• Worship service and play time at the Tree of Life Children’s Village

• Shopping at Arcades cultural village

• Bike tour of London

We have 10 spots and the trip will most likely fill up in the next two weeks, so act quickly!  If you or someone you know would be interested in hearing more, please contact Taylor Smith at taylor@familylegacy.com or 214.755.1846 asap!

Zambia Recap Part 13

As we walked away from our first conversation I began to step out of my "visitor" role and really see things for what they are.  All around us was a maze of dwellings, each getting smaller and smaller as we went further and further away from the main road.  I started to see the way the children were looked down upon when they would ask strangers if they could share with them and they were dismissed.  It didn't slow them down one bit.  Here we would over analyze "was it something I said, or didn't say?  Am I cut out for this?  Surely evangelism is for better Christians."  With these children, being shooed away was part of everyday life.

Next we found the home of 3 families all living together in a home with no roof.  They invited our whole group inside and we all crouched on the floor along the walls.  While I readjusted repeatedly to try to get comfortable, I was once again reminded of their familiarity with this kind of life.  They all squatted down on their haunches as they traded off using the Evangecube.  We never saw the families smile, but at the same time we could tell they were appreciative that they were "worth" our time.

Gut wrenching...

While walking away from this home, we found a main thoroughfare and began to walk down it.  I got a quick lesson in Zambian business sense.  A native man pulled up alongside of us and asked me where these children attend school.  I explained that they attend a certain community school and he began to tell me about how his niece was a teacher and really needed a job.  After a minute or so, I realized that he assumed I was the School Master because I was a muzungu (white person)!  I apologized that he was mistaken, and he disappointingly drove off.  I'm still processing that one.

Lets get to work!

This morning I find myself in the Family Legacy office thanking the Lord for the providential ways in which He has led me here.  While submitting my day to His guidance, I've been reflecting on what Day 1 looked like.

First and foremost, this is an office of folks who have a firm calling to do the Lord's work.  There are intermittent moments throughout the day when support letters will be passed around for inspiration, or brainstorming will break out regarding an aspect of the ministry.  I've been blessed to work with Clay Hughey closely over the last few days to strategize opportunities for the future.  He is the individual who is bringing his family to Lusaka, Zambia full time at the end of December.  I've been brought on because we are wired very similarly, thus when our forces combine, brain-hurricanes ensue!  Just kidding (but seriously...)

Last night was very special at our church because we had an opportunity to pray for Clay, his wife Erin, and their 4 kiddos.  An elder at our church, The Village, introduced the Hugheys and the work they would be doing.  As he spoke about Zambia there was an audible gasp when he described the average age as 16 in a country of 12 million.  I swelled with pride (boasting in the work the Lord has, is, and will be doing) as the elder spoke of Family Legacy's mission, and I was so delighted to join over 700 people praying for the Hugheys.

Please join me in prayer for the Hugheys, specifically for these things:

     1.  Monthly support from those whose hearts the Lord has burdened
     2.  General safety from both physical and spiritual attack
     3.  Wisdom for Clay as he works with our native Zambians
     4.  Strength for Erin as she home schools all 4 children
     5.  That Clay and Erin's marriage and parenting will be a proclamation of the gospel
          to the Zambians

The Lord is good and will finish the work He has started for the Hugheys, Family Legacy, and myself.  He is worthy of our worship and of our lives.