Lord willing, today I will finally get out to Kakolo!! Thank you all for your prayers for safe travels! I made it to Zambia 7 pm (so equivalent of 1 pm EST) on Tuesday! Rachel picked me up from the airport and I've been able to stay with her in town to finish getting the last minute supplies I need before heading out to the village. This also gave me the opportunity to go back to Kitwe Church's Bible study and see and worship with so many friends who have been praying for my VISA as well! God is good in His timing!
My trip was very eventful; most of this being my forgetfulness or blonde moments :D But God is good through it all, and I was allowed admission back into country even though I don't actually have the final VISA in hand. (I have the receipt that says that it's been approved).
Today I'm meeting up with Helen and BC after working on this post :) and we will head out to Faith Children's Village (FCV)! I am excited to meet Haley, a volunteer who has come out to help at the school, who is also staying at Helen's right now as well! Please pray for a smooth transition back into school life!
Please pray also for Amano Academy right now. Our staff is small and when teachers are out for sickness or other physical struggles we get stretched thin. I'm excited to be able to jump back in and help! To start out I will be teaching grade 3 for this Friday (tomorrow.... wow!) and next week. Then we have a midterm break which will be helpful to continue getting settled and figuring out teaching for the remainder of the term that finishes up sometime around August 4th!
Please continue to pray for opportunities to build relationships with the kiddos! Coming back it is much easier to see ways in which I can be more intentional in this endeavor of getting to know the kids and building friendships with them. I'm also very excited to point them back to God's timing in working out the VISA situation as many of them were praying for it as well! I want them to see that God is good in His allowance of situations we may not understand at first or may not understand at all!
Again, to all of you who pray, thank you so much!! It truly means so much!
If you have any questions about anything, FCV or Amano, please don't hesitate to ask! My email is:
byhisgrace555@gmail.com or you can contact me via Facebook! Thanks again!
In Christ,
Abbie Rysta
Philippians 1:6 - Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Glad you made it safely! Thanks for the post so we can pray and doing so daily. The Lord bless with power, protection, peace and the provision of your every need. ����
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