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2005
Hello Friends!
It's been almost 2 months since I've last written an update-- I have been at home for the past 5 weeks-- just relaxing and eating lots and lots of good food! As I prepare to leave for Zambia, I thought I'd email and let you all know what my plans are for the next 3 months. I leave tonight out of Baltimore and arrive in Lusaka, Zambia the morning of the 3rd. I will then be traveling to a town called Choma where I will be staying for the next 3 months. Right now my plans are to return at the end of April. As I shared briefly with most of you before, I will be working with World Hope Zambia's orphan trust projects.

World Hope works in many communities where there is a high population of AIDS orphans, widows and other vulnerable people. The main goal is self-sufficiency and the creation of sustainable income generation projects that can be used to provide money and resources to care for the children and widows. World Hope also does a lot of work with AIDS awareness and education in these communities. I will be working very closely with the local Wesleyan churches. When I arrive I will learn more specifically about what I will be doing. I know will be living with another American girl who is a few years older than me-- she has lived in Zambia for a couple years working with World Hope. It will definitely be nice to have American company!!

Please pray for safe travel over the next few days. Also, pray specifically for health-- malaria is a big problem there and I will be there during rainy season which I think means there are lots of mosquitoes!

I will have access to my email-- but not on a regular basis. My personal email address is shidey@aol.com for those who want to send an email. I will eventually get the emails sent to this address-- but not as regularly.

Blessings,
Sarah

(PS Holly, Garon and I are just home from BWI and Sarah is in the air heading for Heathrow, where she has a 10 hour layover and she is planning to take a quick trip into London before she flies off to Zambia. There are some great resources on the web about Zambia and the AIDS Crisis there. Please take some time and visit some of the following websites.

http://www.worldhope.org/commhealth/hopefortomorrow.htm

Sarah’s Mailing Address

c/o World Hope International Zambia

Mochipapa Road

P.O. Box 630103

Choma, Zambia

Prayer Requests for Sarah Hidey as she performs God's work in India

· Please pray for safe travel. I will be traveling from August 23-August 26th. I will be traveling home January 11-13 (I will travel to Zambia on February 1). As many of you may know, it is often confusing and stressful traveling in a country where you don't know the language. Please pray for patience and calmness on my part during all my flight transfers within India. I will be staying by myself in Kolkata (Calcutta) the first night before I meet my contact that will escort me the rest of the way to Shillong. Pray that I can find the hotel (I'm serious)!!

Please pray for health-this is a huge one. India is one of the "worst" countries for food-related illness and I have been known to have stomach issues in the past! Some big issues: safe drinking water, sanitary conditions, spicy foods, etc.

Please pray for safety, especially for travel outside the town-outbursts of violence are not uncommon in the region I will be going to, although Shillong is usually calmer.

· Please pray for adaptation to the culture/lifestyle. Because I am the only American in the setting I will be working, it will take patience and endurance on my part to really "fit" in and to understand different cultural practices.

· Please pray for Amzad DeCruz and the rest of the staff of SoFMEDA. They have been praying for me daily in their staff meetings. Pray that I will be of help to them and that my skills and knowledge would be beneficial to the farmers and women that I will be helping. · Please pray for Wadli's family who I will be living with for the next 4 months. They have 2 sons. Pray for great fellowship and relations with the whole family.

· Pray that God will guide me and make it clear what my daily tasks should be and pray that I will be open to whatever comes my way!
Please pray that I will enter the community without preconceived notions and stereotypes-this is really important. I really want to interact and live with those around me, not as a "tourist."

· Pray that God will give me ministry opportunities and teach me how to relate and interact with the poor. Amzad DeCruz is a fulltime missionary as well as the director of SoFMEDA and he has several opportunities for me to be involved with his ministry.

· Finally, please pray for me not to get stressed out, as I will be working several days out of the week as well as taking 3 distance classes for my graduate school. These classes are research related and involve the community/ministry I am living/working within.

	Sarah Hidey Feb. 2005 - Zambia Sarah requests your prayers as she leaves this week for a 3-month mission trip to Zambia. Her mailing address will be: Sarah Hidey, c/o World Hope International Zambia, Mochipapa Road, P.O. Box 630103, Choma, Zambia (see "2005" below for details) Part I - India Post graduate work is taking Sarah to India! Updates on her mission will be posted here as we receive them. Below are her prayer requests as she works in a new environment.

Missions Sarah's Letter Sarah's Updates


2005 Hello Friends! It's been almost 2 months since I've last written an update-- I have been at home for the past 5 weeks-- just relaxing and eating lots and lots of good food! As I prepare to leave for Zambia, I thought I'd email and let you all know what my plans are for the next 3 months. I leave tonight out of Baltimore and arrive in Lusaka, Zambia the morning of the 3rd. I will then be traveling to a town called Choma where I will be staying for the next 3 months. Right now my plans are to return at the end of April. As I shared briefly with most of you before, I will be working with World Hope Zambia's orphan trust projects. http://www.worldhope.org/commhealth/zambia.asp World Hope works in many communities where there is a high population of AIDS orphans, widows and other vulnerable people. The main goal is self-sufficiency and the creation of sustainable income generation projects that can be used to provide money and resources to care for the children and widows. World Hope also does a lot of work with AIDS awareness and education in these communities. I will be working very closely with the local Wesleyan churches. When I arrive I will learn more specifically about what I will be doing. I know will be living with another American girl who is a few years older than me-- she has lived in Zambia for a couple years working with World Hope. It will definitely be nice to have American company!! Please pray for safe travel over the next few days. Also, pray specifically for health-- malaria is a big problem there and I will be there during rainy season which I think means there are lots of mosquitoes! I will have access to my email-- but not on a regular basis. My personal email address is shidey@aol.com for those who want to send an email. I will eventually get the emails sent to this address-- but not as regularly. Blessings, Sarah (PS Holly, Garon and I are just home from BWI and Sarah is in the air heading for Heathrow, where she has a 10 hour layover and she is planning to take a quick trip into London before she flies off to Zambia. There are some great resources on the web about Zambia and the AIDS Crisis there. Please take some time and visit some of the following websites. Barry Hidey) Here are some sites about Zambia if you want to learn more about the country. http://www.hopeforzambia.org/Zambia-Information.htm Facts about Zambia http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/za.html AIDS in Africa and Zambia – A Bible Study and fact page http://www.worldhope.org/commhealth/hopefortomorrow.htm Sarah’s Mailing Address c/o World Hope International Zambia Mochipapa Road P.O. Box 630103 Choma, Zambia Prayer Requests for Sarah Hidey as she performs God's work in India · Please pray for safe travel. I will be traveling from August 23-August 26th. I will be traveling home January 11-13 (I will travel to Zambia on February 1). As many of you may know, it is often confusing and stressful traveling in a country where you don't know the language. Please pray for patience and calmness on my part during all my flight transfers within India. I will be staying by myself in Kolkata (Calcutta) the first night before I meet my contact that will escort me the rest of the way to Shillong. Pray that I can find the hotel (I'm serious)!! Please pray for health-this is a huge one. India is one of the "worst" countries for food-related illness and I have been known to have stomach issues in the past! Some big issues: safe drinking water, sanitary conditions, spicy foods, etc. Please pray for safety, especially for travel outside the town-outbursts of violence are not uncommon in the region I will be going to, although Shillong is usually calmer. · Please pray for adaptation to the culture/lifestyle. Because I am the only American in the setting I will be working, it will take patience and endurance on my part to really "fit" in and to understand different cultural practices. · Please pray for Amzad DeCruz and the rest of the staff of SoFMEDA. They have been praying for me daily in their staff meetings. Pray that I will be of help to them and that my skills and knowledge would be beneficial to the farmers and women that I will be helping. · Please pray for Wadli's family who I will be living with for the next 4 months. They have 2 sons. Pray for great fellowship and relations with the whole family. · Pray that God will guide me and make it clear what my daily tasks should be and pray that I will be open to whatever comes my way! Please pray that I will enter the community without preconceived notions and stereotypes-this is really important. I really want to interact and live with those around me, not as a "tourist." · Pray that God will give me ministry opportunities and teach me how to relate and interact with the poor. Amzad DeCruz is a fulltime missionary as well as the director of SoFMEDA and he has several opportunities for me to be involved with his ministry. · Finally, please pray for me not to get stressed out, as I will be working several days out of the week as well as taking 3 distance classes for my graduate school. These classes are research related and involve the community/ministry I am living/working within.