Senegal is quite far from Zambia and it was quite a flight to get there. I arrived towards the end of the afternoon on Wednesday January 22nd. The country is very dry and mainly semi-desert. I was surprised at the decent highways they have there, with viaducts and proper entrances and exits, something we don’t have here in Zambia. On Thursday we came together as a team, the event was a collaboration between OM and Ambassadors. We made sure the…
I would like to share a story of a valued friend and colleague who I have worked with for several years in sports ministry, especially in the annual sports training. His name is Wilson, he is from Burundi and he is 35 years old. He is married with 2 children, he currently lives in Mpulungu, in the north of Zambia, about 1000km from here. Wilson tries to come every year for training and he is very dedicated, I don’t really…
Last week I bought another car. It is an old Toyota Landcruiser. It is a car without too much luxury, but rock solid. If someone has to be in really remote places in Africa, he does so 9 times out of 10 times with such a car. The car was in the capital Lusaka, which is about 150km from here. Early in the morning I went with a friend by bus from Kabwe to Lusaka. I was hoping to be…
November 11th my parents arrived here in Zambia to stay here until January 12th. They landed in the afternoon and by the evening we were in our house. That same night it rained quite a bit and we found out that the roof was far from waterproof. We couldn't go to bed with good decency because it was also leaking above our beds and there was too much noise. This was a difficult entry for my parents, after such a…
We’ve started a sharpening skates fundraising action. Do your skates also need to be sharpened for this winter period, please contact Gert! Phone: +31620423326E-mail: gertdaling1@gmail.com
Last month my parents helped me buy a piece of farm land, 12km outside Kabwe. In the near future I hope to build a house here so that I can live there as well. As a result, I hope to build something of value for myself and do some other things to provide myself with some income. This marks a new chapter in my life as a missionary. Over the last 5 years I have mostly lived on gifts. When…
Today I mark 5 years in Zambia. 5 years ago, I arrived in the middle of the night knowing I would work for SportsLink but hardly knowing what would be involved in that. Now I’m the leader for SportsLink in Zambia for more than a year, one of the leaders in other aspects of SportsLink and have done 4 Ride 2 Transforms in Malawi. I didn’t expect it will come this far. It feels like God called me from behind…
For the past 3 weeks, I’ve been on the road to deliver 2 training sessions in 2 cities where we are working as OM. This was a nice, but also crazy and challenging time. It was a journey of faith. I feel like God is working something out in me the last few months. And it was not different for those two training sessions. First I need to give some information before I can tell my story. When I look…
Since a few months I have been the leader of Sportslink Zambia. The first 2 months I haven’t done much with this because I had many other responsibilities as well. Now I have the time to focus on Sportslink and I thought it is good to give some explanation. As a Sportslink we are currently working on 5 places in Zambia. Both in cities and in more remote areas in the countryside. We work with both boys and girls, with…
Also this year we organised the Ride 2 Transform Malawi. This was in the first week of June. We organize this together with another missionary organization called Ethnos. From OM I am responsible and Riaan, a colleague and good friend, from the Ethnos. Most things go through OM, so much responsibility came to me. In recent months we have done a lot of planning. But it is also always waiting again how it finally comes. Many things depend on how…