simply grateful

Today I (David) was able to fly out to our future home in Lundazi.  Lundazi is a village of about 12,000.  What would have been a 10-12 hour drive, was done in under 3 hours in Cessna.  We were going to check on a couple of issues with the house and also get measurements so we knew what size appliances would fit. (click on pics below if you want to enlarge them) Lundazi sign from the air.  "Downtown" Lundazi The greeting crew.  Not many planes land there! The main drag in Lundazi. Our future home!   As thrilled as I was to finally see our future home, I was more excited to finally see our future area of ministry.  This is an area that it is estimated only 1/4 of 1% of the people have a relationship with Christ.  That means only 1 of every 400 know Jesus as their Lord and Savior!  What a place of great need for the Gospel to be proclaimed!  We can't wait to get started!  

After 15 months of waiting, we still couldn't get our intended country to make a decision on our permits.  We considered several other options but none of them seemed like a strategic plan to reach our original people group.  After much prayer we accepted a position in Zambia and arrived today!  Here are a few pictures from our trip: At 5:30 am this morning I loaded up the trailer with 14 checked bags, 5 carry-ons, 5 backpacks, 1 car seat and 2 booster seats! One of our good friends that helped get us to the airport.  The kids were sad to leave him as he has become a regular part of the Petro crew! Karissa takes a break on top of our mountain of luggage. After a short 2 hour flight from South Africa, we arrived in Lusaka, the capital city.  We will be here for a while so our house in the village can be readied.  Hopefully we can find a tutor here in the city so we can get started on language learning! Thanks to so many of you for your ...