Visit to Zambia

By Rita O’Neill and June Darby beautifully designed houses sent in a us with the blessings, my personal goal

R lovely, big garden, planted with trees, was to bless 40 couples, and help a ita and I went at the beginning shrubs, flowers, a vegetables garden couple of members with their HTM of June to visit Zambia for 2 and and fruit trees. We enjoyed lemon couple condition. A Christian Pastor, a half weeks. Matthew knew drinks every day from their trees! There Pastor Chiluba, had mobilised 2 that we were going as representatives of is a sausage factory on the premises villages where people gathered at the Britain, we wanted to serve the people busily making sausages and smoked appointed time for the Blessing of Zambia to help indemnify the meats. There is also a fine, well programme. The Zambian members mistakes of Europeans in Africa in the proportioned primary school nearby who conducted the programmes were past, and we wanted to support Zambia where about 200 children receive an excellent, especially Mama Evelyne, in whatever way we could and education. Education in Africa is not and we were very grateful for their encourage the members in their free, and many children of all ages support, also they could speak to the successful Heavenly Tribal Messiah roam the streets because their parents people clearly and humorously so that activities. We arrived just after the cannot afford to pay school fees. The they could understand the lectures, conclusion of a 7 Day Tribal Messiah FFWPU school, likes to help poor which were all well organised, in an Conference that had been directed by children gain an education, but would approach book with diagrams. There is True Mother. It had been a very be very grateful for any members who no electricity for any power point successful conference and the spirit of would care to help sponsor a child for presentations. the members was flying high, filled $150 a year, as this would make it The poverty of the people was with enthusiasm for their mission. The possible for them to educate children overwhelming, they live in mud huts 4 Paramount Chiefs of Zambia had who otherwise could not afford it, and with only a door for light and access, attended as well as a number of enable them to Pay the teachers’ and mud floors that were covered with Christian dignitaries and Pastors, all of salaries. If anyone would like to reed mats for seating. There is no water whom were very inspired by FFWPU’s contribute towards this project please laid on, they have to carry all their Family Education and Blessing contact me at water needs from the nearest river, programmes. With the support of the junedarby.perrin@gmail.com, and I consequently there are no fruit trees, no Paramount Chiefs blessings can be will forward the necessary details to do vegetable garden and no animals, not done all over Zambia. There are 278 so. even chickens, as everything needs Regional Chiefs under the 4 Paramount Rita and I travelled 9 hours inland by water to grow and live. At the one Chiefs. bus, passing through virgin savannah village, , there were about 20 The members were very welcoming countryside to a small, well ordered young children who were not being and we stayed at their Headquarters just town, Mpika, to do some blessings. We educated because the distance to the outside Lusaka. The headquarters is were accompanied by a Zambian sister, nearest school was too great for them to very impressive, with 2 large, Mrs Evelyn Chinfwembe, who helped walk there.

Nevertheless, the people were lovely; expansion, and the other village needs a The leaders are very inspiring and humble, openhearted, welcoming and water pump installed so that they can taking the lead in all the activities, from embracing. I especially loved the old begin to grow food more easily, and to the Regional President, Rev Camara; people with their lined, wrinkled faces find a suitable source of protein. The the brother responsible for the Blessing wreathed in toothless smiles, and members have plans to make fish ponds activities and programmes, Rev Wone expressing so much wisdom, goodness as a source for protein, and perhaps and the National Leader and founder of and goodwill. The people struggle to guinea fowl would be a reliable the Zambian mission in 1975, Rev eke a subsistence living from their alternative as they are more immune to Rudolf Faerber and his wife riverside vegetable patches and fields disease than chickens. The children Hildegarde. We both felt inspired and of maize, even the young women need home schooling education motivated to work harder on our return looked worn down by their material so that someone can take to help bring victories for our Heavenly responsibilities, and hard work. They responsibility for their schooling, which Parents and True Parents. We were told need encouragement and hope to be is a realistic goal. If anyone would like that the young members were inspired able to aspire to improve themselves. to help contribute towards the cost of to see two old people like ourselves There is so much that can be done to installing a water pump please contact working on the front line, as they help these communities to develop. The me, any small amount would be thought that no older members were greatest need for the two villages I saw appreciated. active anymore! A 43 Day Workshop is to have improved access to water, the It was a great honour to work with the was begun for 200 young people from one village had a well, which needs Zambian members for a short while. the region just before we departed, some 2nd gen and some guests!