Furlough Update July 2022

 Hello again, dear friends,

So far we have enjoyed a wonderful stay in Washington visiting friends and family and church.  We want to give a special thank you to the families that really worked together to have a home and vehicles ready for us to use. God bless you guys!

Our sending church, Communion, at 1003 S 3rd Street in Mt. Vernon, Washington, is helping us host multiple informational sessions if you are interested in hearing about the ministries of ACTION Zambia and our family's shenanigans in person.  Please DO join us for one:

Tuesday, July 19th at 6pm

Saturday, July 20th at either 4pm or 6pm

Tricia will host a womens' meeting on August 6th as well

In our last email we gave a detailed listing of our fundraising goals for this trip.  We are trusting the Lord to provide for our ministry and family needs, and of course He does that through YOU --the Church! We have had a few generous gifts:  $3500 toward the Ciyanjano General Fund, $800 toward our Ciyanjano Reading Room, and funds that helped us ship hundreds of Bibles and tracts to Lusaka as well as money to help with our family's expenses here.  Thank you so much to these donors that have already given.  However, we still have a lot of funds to raise.

Please review these details from our last email and consider if you can help us reach these goals.  Thank you again, and God bless you all!

MINISTRY NEEDS

• Ciyanjano Champions for Children is one of our favourite programs and is going on now with a new group of youths being discipled - we call them the Champs.  Our goal is to raise $5000 to cover costs for the next 3 years.
• Outreaches - AZ performs all kinds of gospel outreach in urban and rural areas.
• Camping Ministry - We love to hold follow-up camps after doing different kinds of outreach.  Our goal is to raise $3000 to help cover our camping costs.
• Feeding Programs are an important ministry in Zambia and we love providing meals for children because malnutrition is a huge problem. Our goal is to raise $6000 or more for our current feeding programs.
• Ciyanjano Camp - This beautiful camping and conference centre is such a vital ministry for the churches in the slums.  Due to Covid and less funds, we have a lot of maintenance and freshening up that needs to happen on the property.  Consider helping us reach our fundraising goal of $20,000 for Ciyanjano’s general fund for the next 3 years - we need to raise $16,500 more.
• ACTION Pastors College (APC) - Training for pastors in Lusaka and beyond is another ministry that is close to our hearts and so important.  Our current class is going strong.  We would love to add 5 more monthly donors of $50 each for this ministry, committing for the next 3 years. 
• Reading Room - Our team has seen over and over again how our reading and study room at Ciyanjano has been such a blessing to students, teachers, and pastors.  Help us keep this little treasure stocked up and staffed!  We’re praying for $2000 for this project - we need $1200 more.

HUCKABY FAMILY NEEDS

God has always taken such good care of our family.  Many of you have given generously to important projects over the years like our vehicles, solar power, etc.  Also, many of you have faithfully given monthly to cover our monthly budget for food, medical, diesel, internet, etc.  We want to praise Jesus for all of you and say THANK YOU SO MUCH.  We know it’s not easy.  We always praise God for you.  Thank you for your generosity, your love, and your faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.  The following are upcoming personal needs for our family.

• We have recently purchased home-schooling materials for Emmanuel, Mark, and Joy to continue school at home with Tricia for 2023 and 2024.  We have been praying about sending Ethel and Lucas to a specific weekly boarding school just outside of Lusaka for grades 10, 11, and 12 beginning in 2023 so that they can graduate with the British school system.  The Lord has been confirming that this would be a healthy choice.  We are selling a little piece of property that we purchased years ago to secure $10,000 per year for 3 years to contribute to the costs of the school, but that only covers a third of the total.  We need to raise $18,000 more per year for 3 years.
• At our house we eat a lot of eggs and have always kept layers.  We’d like to raise $1000 for a new, larger chicken coop and 20 fresh layers.
• Please consider becoming a monthly donor!  We need you!

Please don’t hesitate to contact us with questions or if you want to catch up over the phone or in person.  Kelly’s phone number is 360-201-4617 and Tricia’s phone number is 360-296-9497 if you want to call or message us and email is thehuckabyfamily@gmail.com.