Widman Departure

Michelle Widman has been serving on the Zambia field for the past 10 months as an intern.  On Monday 21 June, Andrea and I and the kids trekked out to the airport to see Michelle off.  I miscalculated the time that Michelle’s flight was leaving, so we got to the airport at 0600 hrs rather than 0700.  We ended up taking the kids to a small eatery at the airport that’s just opened up called the Copper Chimney.  We ordered tea for four – since our entire family is addicted to it in the mornings.  Ian is an up-and-coming consumer of it and requires it in the mornings.  We were able to to watch the last little bit of the Brazil match until Michelle arrived.  We were amazed when watched the Brazilian football star Kaka get the red card.

We are sad to see Michelle go and will miss her greatly.  Her work focused primarily on ACTION Zambia’s HIV/AIDS ministry called the CROSS Project.  Along with her ministry colleagues John Chitambo and Eta Imasiku, she made her way into Lusaka’s urban compounds by minibus – on a daily basis to teach.  Near the end of her assignment in Zambia, Michelle joined a women’s basketball team at UNZA (University of Zambia) as a means of relationship evangelism and discipleship.