Friends and family of CEED,
I was in Uganda for one week before traveling to Zambia. Northbridge Church in Cranberry Pa. does missions in Zambia. Five years ago, Northbridge purchased a drill rig and asked CEED to train a team in drilling operations. That team would then go to Zambia and train young men how to drill and repair borehole. I have been assisting Northbridge Church in that process.
Northbridge has three central ministries in Kitwe, Zambia: drilling and repairing boreholes, installing computer systems in schools, and running an orphanage. The name of the orphanage is Somone House. It is a unique orphanage and has been recognized by the Zambian government as such.
Somone House rescues babies who have been left in the bush, found in dumpsters, or abandoned by their mothers. One little boy had been discarded in a pit latrine where, if it were not for his cries, he would have died of exposure and suffocation in urine and feces. I saw this little boy not long after he had been rescued. I was afraid to hold him because he was so tiny and weak. I wondered how he would survive. One year later I saw him walking across the floor. He was healthy and happy, playing with children whose stories are not unlike his. When you held him, he would cling to you, smiling and content, saved by the women of Somone House.
The orphanage is now expanding due to a request by the Zambian Government. They have acquired the land. Our team just drilled a borehole that will now provide the water needed for construction of barrier walls and building, and later provide clean water for the children of the Somone House orphanage.
Clean water saves lives gradually, as the health and welfare of the village improve. The women of Somone House save lives instantly. With help, the babies of this orphanage will soon find refuge within the walls of a new home. For now, they find refuge in the cradling arms of the women of Somone House and the saving grace of Jesus Christ.
The people from Northbridge Church who started these miniseries in Zambia are remarkable, passionate about the work in Zambia, and a pleasure to work with. It is humbling sometimes to be involved in projects like these; you have allowed me the opportunity to work in places like Zambia, Kenya, and Uganda. Thank you for your support.
West
3 thoughts on “Jim’s week in Zambia”
Dear Jimmy,
What an amazing time in Zambia! So happy you are working and training there. The Somone House Orphanage does sound quite miraculous and there will be many lives saved! My prayers for many more children to be helped and for a hedge of protection around those babies, women and men helping!
Travel mercies to you Jim as you head back to Hoima. Remember there is no place like “Hoima”! Praying for you brother as you adjust to your life there in Uganda. Please say hello to our friends for me! Sanny, Thad, Joseph Aliguma, Herbert, Mary and all the rest. Wish I was there to say hello in person. God be with you and pray you continue to hear and listen to His voice! Be blessed my friend!
Stazi 🙂
Jim, this is so awesome, I am so happy for you that you are living your dream and serving Jesus. What a blessing you and your team are to the people of Africa. I love hearing about your life there. I pray that you continue to rely on God’s will.
I have just returned from Uganda…I was so blessed to have met the people there from CEED…Jim West is a good Godly man that loves these people and gave up everything to live there in Uganda to work with the drill team. I need to say that this trip was both heartbreaking and uplifting….these people don’t have much at all…but their faith in God is so big! We as Americans could learn a thing or two from these good people. Now I want to tell you about my experience in a village with the people of Payla. These people live far out in the bush….their homes were destroyed by a wealthy man whom wanted their land to grow sugar cane. So men came there and raped and killed and took their land. The people fled and are not squatters on others property. They have NOTHING. They sleep in tobacco huts with a thatched roof and four open sides. They sleep on the floor and have no well to draw clean water from. There is disease from the parasites found in the water that they use. It’s the same water that animals drink and poop in. To pay for a well is only $4000.00 dollars. This will supply thousands of people with clean water that is disease free!!! Please if you could find it in you heart to pay for a well…maybe donate it in someone’s name for Christmas, or ask your church to raise the money to buy a well. Please contact CEED on how to go about it to get them the money to them. Thank you for reading this. There are so amazing men and women that work tirelessly to bring the Ugandan nation clean water. Thank you from the bottom of my heart Jim and Herbert and Jill. I will never forget you. And as I promised…I will get you wells❤️