Campfire Exploring Mission Trip to Zambia: Empowering Local Women and Pastors

At the end of June 2018 I’ll be heading out for another mission trip. This time to Zambia in Africa. A team of missionaries from my church will arrive in Lusaka and be a part of a training seminar for pastors. Our pastor and the men will work with pastors there and provide guidance and training. The women on our team will work at the camp on enlarging their garden. The garden there is used to grow vegetables that are sold cheaply to the local women. They in turn turn the vegetables into other products and sell them to make money to support their families. Our plan is to enlarge the garden so that they can support more of the local women.

Since the trip will be very expensive I have been trying to raise money to supplement my costs. We have a few local fundraisers planned and I’ve started selling a few items over on Mercari. I can raise money and clear out some clutter in the process!

I look forward to this trip (not so much for the VERY long 20+ hour flight) but to he help others and to share our gifts all over the world.

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For this trip I purchased myself a water purifying bottle. Considering the infrastructure there is much different than what I’m used too I don’t want to risk getting sick from drinking suspect water.

Grayl Water Bottle Was Very Useful in Zambia – I even used it to filter the tap water for brushing my teeth and washing my face.

Removes: Waterborne pathogens (99.99% of viruses, 99.9999% of bacteria, 99.9% of protozoan cysts), including Rotavirus, Hepatitis A, Norovirus, Giardiasis, Cryptosporidium, E. Coli, Cholera, Salmonella, Dysentery and more.Filters: Particulates (sediment, microplastics) and ultra-powdered activated carbon adsorbs many chemicals (including PFAS & VOCs), pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals, flavors and odors.

Durability: built tough to perform in harsh conditions and withstands 10 ft drops (full of water) onto concrete.

Cartridge Lifespan: 300 presses (150L/40 gal), as “press time” reaches ~25 seconds (or three years have elapsed since first use) it’s time to replace your purifier cartridge.

There was mention that purchased bottled water would be provided but considering the costs to our hosts this way I can filter my own later helping them save a few dollars on keeping us hydrated.