Big Adventures Ahead of Us!

October is such a special time of year for us at Hands as we have an annual gathering in Zambia. Many of our local volunteers and leaders come together and look back on the year and plan for the next. We have people attending from Nigeria, DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo), Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. All three of us have just arrived in Zambia to be a part of this gathering and to spend some time with the community of people here, which includes Morgan’s parents. … Finn did so well on his first flight!! 

In preparation for this time together in October, we have been participating in some smaller leaders meetings in the past few weeks discussing success stories and challenges from our communities across Africa and how we can support the most vulnerable on an even deeper level next year. We talked about how we can better support the care givers of the most vulnerable children and how we can involve in the Life Centre where their children attend. 

Another highlight from the past month was our family’s visit. Mum, dad and Louis all came to spend time with us and of course meet Finn for the first time. We spent time in Zwelisha Community and did some sightseeing. 

Yesterday we had the opportunity to spend the morning in a community called New Wells. We went to encourage the pastors in the community, and Levy shared with them from Luke. After that we spent some time playing with the children. 

Our time away from Africa is coming up very soon. Our flights are below so you will know where we are and when. 
25th October – land in UK 
21st November – land in Toronto 
1st December – land in Calgary 
31st December – fly back to Africa 

We also have a fundraising evening on 28th October at Capel St Mary Methodist Church, where we will be having a quiz night and African craft market. This will begin at 6.30pm.

We would like to meet up with as many of you as possible during our time away from Africa so please feel free to contact us to find out about available dates. 

See you all soon! 

Tommy - tommy@handsatwork.org) 
Morgan - morgan@handsatwork.org