We made it to Atlanta and have one more layover before arriving back in Grand Rapids this afternoon. It’s been an incredible week and a half with this team, and we are excited to see family and friends to share all about the trip. We are so grateful to Sawyer for making SEED trips possible …
Author Archives: Mary Vande Hoef
Tourism & Travel
Monday started very early as we played mafia until 2am around the fire at Poetice. After a few hours of sleep, we left Choma bright and early Monday morning and headed to Livingstone. Our first stop was Victoria Falls, which is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. We went on a hike, …
Last day in Choma!
Sports camp for the kids ended yesterday, so we had a relaxing day and the chance to play sports with each other. The day started with sleeping in and breakfast at 8. In our session this morning with the wonderful Matt Margaron, we learned from him how God is a relational God who sent his …
Showcase & Water Filters
The last day of sports camp and our water filter demonstration were today! We started our day off with worship and a teaching about living water to help prepare us for distributing filters later in the day. We had a great day having the opportunity to watch the campers excel in the sports they learned …
Bonfire Game Night
We are now over half way through sports camp. Many of us were tired from yesterday and chose to sleep in and start our day with 7am breakfast. Coffee was definitely needed this morning. After Addison and Elianna braided people’s hair, we headed to our morning session. We got up and moved during worship. There …
Worship Night
The morning after the first day of sports camp looked a lot different. While we may have had many early risers yesterday, lots of us slept in all the way until breakfast to recover from the previous day. After a quiet and tired breakfast, we had the opportunity to have our first worship. The worship …
Serving Through Sports
We are a team of early risers who have been waking up and starting our day together during the Choma sunrise. Today we were pumped knowing it would be the first day of sports camp at Poetice. We are lucky enough to get to be here and helping to run the first ever sports camp …
Community & Community
Kamwamba! (Hello, how are you doing?)Kabotu (We are doing well)Ndime Addison and Vamsee (Our names are Addison and Vamsee) We wanted to greet you in the native language of Tonga which is what is spoken here in Mwapona!! Today we had a very full first day in Zambia!! We started out with a delicious breakfast …
Arriving in Zambia!
We woke up early in South Africa for another flight, this time to Zambia! After breakfast in the airport, we boarded a small plane that took us on a two hour trip to Zambia. It was slow getting through security at the Livingstone airport, but it all worked out and we made it onto a …
Travel Day!
Our team had a long day of travel that started in Atlanta, and ended in Johannesburg. After 15 hours in the air we arrived safely and made it to our hotel in time for a great meal, and a chance now to sleep. Tomorrow we will take what will feel like a very short 2 …