Wednesday, August 7, 2013

The Count Down

Count down to August 13.  Jose Gutierrez, Steve Rogers and Christine Mulligan will travel to the Breath of Heaven Children's Ministry Village, Lusaka, Zambia.


3 DAYS TO ZAMBIA. It's a fact!: Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27

4 DAYS TO ZAMBIA. Zambia fact: AIDS has left nearly one-and-one-half million children without one or both parents, resulting in many households being headed-up by children. Households without parents are especially vulnerable to swelling the growing number of street children. Once committed to the streets, a child’s chance of ever escaping a life of desperation to become a productive member of society is slim.

5 DAYS TO ZAMBIA. Zambia fact: Breath of Heaven Children’s Ministries is dedicated to helping meet the needs of a growing orphan population in Lusaka, Zambia. www.bofheaven.org

6 DAYS TO ZAMBIA. Zambia fact: Zambia has one of the world’s most devastating HIV and AIDS epidemics. More than one in every seven adults in the country is living with HIV.

7 DAYS TO ZAMBIA. Zambia fact: The median age of Zambia is 16.7 years. Life expectancy is 51.5 years. (The median age of the United States is 37.2 years; life expectancy 78.6 years.)

8 DAYS TO ZAMBIA. Zambia fact: Of Zambia's estimated population of 14.2 million, 1.4 million live in the capital city of Lusaka.

9 DAYS TO ZAMBIA. Zambia fact: Being a former UK protectorate, the official language is English. Other languages spoken are Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages.

10 DAYS TO ZAMBIA. Zambia fun fact: In 1964, the former protectorate of Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, received independence through an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom.

11 DAYS TO ZAMBIA. Zambia fun fact: This is the home of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River. Locally it is known as Mosi-oa-Tunya, or The Smoke that Thunders.

12 DAYS TO ZAMBIA. Zambia fun fact: The color of flag is very symbolic. Green is for the rich flora; Red is for the struggle for freedom; Black is for the color of its people; Orange is for its natural resources and mineral wealth; The eagle above the color bands is representative of the people's ability to rise above the nation's problems.

13 DAYS TO ZAMBIA. Zambia fun fact: The country is landlocked. It is an unusual shape; some describe it as looking like a butterfly.

14 DAYS TO ZAMBIA. Zambia fun fact: The capital of Zambia is Lusaka.

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