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  July 19, 2011 - Journal

  “I Know the Plans I Have For You”

  by Charles West, Sarah West
  Dear Friends, In a recent daily morning devotion, the Lord led us to Jeremiah 29 where the words, which are always encouraging, read:10 This is what th... more
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  May 04, 2011 - Journal

  “Planting a Church under a Tree”

  by Charles West, Sarah West
  Meet a Zambia International Theological College Student  After years of hard work, Mumba Chinyanta, one of our eldest students at the Zambia Inter... more
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  February 05, 2011 - Journal

  "Eat all of your food, little children are starving in Africa"

  by Sarah West
  “Eat all of your food, little children are starving in Africa.”  Most of us while growing up in the USA have heard this at one time or another... more
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  December 19, 2010 - Journal

  Igniting a Passion for Mission in This Blessed Season

  by Sarah West
  Several weeks ago we attended a local non-denominational church near our home in Zambia.  This church is truly international, with worshippers not... more
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  November 17, 2010 - Journal

  Pray for Charles and Sarah West

  by Bob Santilli
  Charles serves with the Baptist Convention of Zambia in the areas of educational ministries and leadership development. Sarah works with vulnerable a... more
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  November 12, 2010 - Journal

  Our understanding of racial inequality helps us in our ministry in Africa

  by Sarah West
  Dreaming God's DreamImagine a school constructed of plastic bags and 2 wooden sticks on three sides with the wall of a house providing the fourth. Then... more
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  September 16, 2010 - Journal

  The Gift of an Education

  by Sarah West
  Dear Friends in Christ, Thank you for the positive way in which you have responded to the “Extra Lift” matching program.  We thank God for you... more
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  August 16, 2010 - Journal

  Help in the Form of a Match

  by Sarah West
  Dear Friends in Christ, We pray that you had a relaxing yet productive summer.  We just spent the month of July in Louisiana settling yet another ... more
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  July 05, 2010 - Journal

  Pray for Charles and Sarah West

  by Bob Santilli
  Charles serves with the Baptist Convention of Zambia in the areas of educational ministries and leadership development. Sarah works with vulnerable a... more
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  June 28, 2010 - Journal

  "Good Seed"

  by Sarah West
  Dear Friends in Christ, We received a box of school books, donated by the library of the American International School of Lusaka, to pass on to “The ... more

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  May 12, 2010 - Journal

  Pray for Charles and Sarah West

  by Bob Santilli
  Charles serves with the Baptist Convention of Zambia in the areas of educational ministries and leadership development. Sarah works with vulnerable a... more

• May 10, 2010 - Journal

  Hope in the Bible, The Proverbs 31 Woman

  by Sarah West
  Imagine hearing something for the first time in your life and it makes such an impact on you that it changes you completely.  Imagine feeling emp... more
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  April 08, 2010 - Journal

  Breaking The Chains of Prostitution

  by Sarah West
  Dear friends, I first met Joyce (not her real name) about a year ago.  She spoke to our Bible study ladies about the life she used to lead.  ... more
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  January 06, 2010 - Journal

  Pray for Charles and Sarah West

  by Bob Santilli
  Charles serves with the Baptist Convention of Zambia in the areas of educational ministries and leadership development. He participates on the Centra... more
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  December 23, 2009 - Journal

  Our Gift to You

  by Sarah West
  Dear Friends in Christ, Communication in Zambia is largely through cell phone text messaging, which is the least expensive and most widely available to... more
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  October 21, 2009 - Journal

  September News from the Wests

  by Sarah West
  Dear Friends in Christ, This time of year is usually busy for us. With school just starting and athletics taking a front seat for our athletes, Caleb a... more
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  September 19, 2009 - Journal

  What Your World Mission Offering Does

  by Sarah West
  Dear friends, Ever wondered what becomes of your World Mission Offering gifts? Well, in the month of September alone, you made possible preaching and t... more
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  August 16, 2009 - Journal

  Returning With Renewed Hope!

  by Sarah West
  Dear Friends in Christ,I just returned from a very busy 3 week visit to the U.S.  The reason for the trip was to take our 18 year old high school ... more
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  July 15, 2009 - Journal

  Pray for Charles and Sarah West

  by Bob Santilli
  Charles serves with the Baptist Convention of Zambia in the areas of educational ministries and leadership development. He participates on the Ce... more
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  July 10, 2009 - Journal

  Chasah’s Leaving

  by Sarah West, Charles West
  Dear Friends in Christ,Back in 1997 when we left New Hampshire for South Africa, we asked you to partner with us in prayer as we left to minister in a ... more

• June 21, 2009 - Journal

  Meet ZITC Student Rev. Christopher Chanda

  by Sarah West, Charles West
  The main priority of our mission and ministry in Zambia is to provide theological education and training for the pastors and leaders in churches of our... more
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  June 13, 2009 - Journal

  One Child At A Time

  by Sarah West
  “How do you eat and elephant?” … “One bite at a time.”  How do you help the masses of children living in poverty, who want to eat everyd... more

• April 14, 2009 - Journal

  Bitter yet Sweet

  by Sarah West
  Bitter Yet Sweet   Easter, one of the most sacred seasons in the Christian calendar.  The sweetest time of the year for Christians because ... more
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  April 07, 2009 - Journal

  Pray for Charles and Sarah West

  by Bob Santilli
  Charles serves with the Baptist Convention of Zambia in the areas of educational ministries and leadership development. He participates on the Central ... more
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  December 22, 2008 - Journal

  Thank You For Your Faithfulness

  by Charles West
  Dear Friends, co-laborers and partners in Christ:We pray that 2008 has been a wonderful year for you.  Our three teen-aged Missionar... more

• September 24, 2008 - Journal

  The Fruits of Your Labor

  by Sarah West
  The Fruits of Your LaborIn one of our previous journals we asked for help with bible donations and you responded so overwhelmingly that we know... more

• April 30, 2008 - Journal

  Pray for: Charles and Sarah West

  by Bob Santilli
  West_Family 2006.jpgPray for the Wests. Charles serves with the Baptist Convention of Zambia in the areas of educational ministries and leade... more
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  April 26, 2008 - Journal

  MISASA -- Meeting in the Bush

  by Charles West
  We pray that 2008 has already blessed you with God’s new mercies, peace and good health! It is hard to believe that we are four month... more
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  April 04, 2008 - Journal

  Good News, Some Bibles Have Arrived!!!

  by Charles West
  In October, November and December of 2007, we conducted Spiritual Formation workshops with Samaritan Baptist Church, a Baptist Convention of Zam... more

• November 30, 2007 - Article

  H2O On the Go (Or Not)

  Living in Lusaka, Zambia has been quite challenging, quite challenging indeed! The water in the area where we are staying is only available from 6:00 p... more
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  November 28, 2007 - Journal

  The Bible as instruction book

  by Charles West
  Imagine trying to get somewhere you have never been before without any directions on how to get there. You don’t know if you should go left or... more
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  November 05, 2007 - Journal

  There Are Seven Days in the Week

  by Sarah West
  “There are seven days, there are seven days, there are seven days in the week,” they sang at the top of their voices to the tune of “Oh My ... more
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  November 04, 2007 - Journal

  Pray for Charles and Sarah West

  by Bob Santilli
  Charles and Sarah West, Zambia IM’s executive Director Dr. Reid Trulson writes of a recent visit to the Wests in Zambia: The Sp... more
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  September 11, 2007 - Journal

  Animal Farm and Fruit -- (would be) pet stories from the West kids

  by Charles West
  Why did the chicken cross the road? "To get to the other side" you might say. Actually, it is to get away from our mom. You see, we had a pet ... more

• August 21, 2007 - News

  You’re invited to a Weekend World Mission Conference - All-New for 2007-Be Surprised by God!

  by Charles West
  Sept. 14 – 16 at First Baptist Church of Sioux Falls, South Dakota www.abc-dakotas.org Oct. 12 – 14 at United Church of Canandaigua, New York www.a... more
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  August 15, 2007 - Journal

  Mission Summer/Winter

  by Charles West
  We have had a busy but exciting summer so far (actually, it is winter here in Zambia) and it is not over yet. Since late June we were blessed to host ... more

• April 30, 2007 - Journal

  Madam, We Want to Go to School!

  by Charles West
  Dodging the vendors, and children running across the street begging for food, we drove our children to school. We had seen it before in South Africa, i... more
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  February 12, 2007 - Journal

  Welcome to Zambia

  by Charles West
  We have spent our first holiday on our mission field in Zambia.Our arrival in Lusaka greeted us with many surprises and put us through several challe... more
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  September 27, 2006 - Journal

  From the MKs Point of View

  by Charles West
  In the Beginning… It is really hard to believe, but we have been in Lusaka, Zambia for one month.We arrived on August 11, picked up all of our lug... more
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  September 05, 2006 - Journal

  God’s Deliverance

  by Charles West
  We arrived safe and sound in Lusaka, Zambia on Friday the 11th of August 2006.We had visited Zambia a year ago, prior to our 2005 US/Puerto Rico assi... more
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  July 25, 2006 - Journal

  Ebb and Flow of Service

  by Charles West
  Dear Friends in Christ: Ten months have come and gone since our return from South Africa to the USA and we praise God for His abundant grace and m... more
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  December 19, 2005 - Journal

  Jesus is Truly the Reason

  by Charles West
  Dear Friends in Christ: What a blessing this has been for us to spend this Christian season with family and warm friends.We are in America a year ea... more
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  November 14, 2005 - Journal

  Opportunities to Witness

  by Charles West
  Dear Friends in Christ, Many times a joke, or a story, starts off with "I have good news, and I have bad news."For us, in our journey of faith and... more
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  June 17, 2005 - Journal

  Traveling and Ministering

  by Charles West
  Dear Friends; Since our last journal update we have been very busy these past few months.We want to thank you for your prayers and to let you kn... more
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  December 20, 2004 - Journal

  Looking Back with Praise and Gratefulness

  by Charles West
  Greetings in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ!This year has been a fruitful year, full of new changes, challenges and growth for our family and m... more
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  July 19, 2004 - Journal

  Hola, Bonjour, Dumela, QueaMora, Sawubona and Hell

  by Charles West
  These greetings are in Spanish, French, Tswana, Afrikaans, Zulu and Xhosa.These are some of the 11 languages that are spoken here, we hear them but we ... more
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  March 12, 2004 - Journal

  Not Shoes or Food, She Wanted a Bible

  by Charles West
  It is hard to believe that our last journal entry was near the end of 2003.So much has happened during the interim time, which we were privileged to be... more
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  June 24, 2003 - Journal

  Life in South Africa from the Eyes of Children

  by Charles West
  Dear Friends: We are MK's (Missionary Kids)-Chasah, Caleb and Charliese West.We moved to South Africa in December of 1997 with our parents who ar... more
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  May 05, 2003 - Journal

  Church Life, Evangelism and Leadership Development

  by Charles West
  "Don't drink and drive," shouted the little boy with so much confidence and enthusiasm that it almost broke my heart to tell him: "This was not one ... more

• December 02, 2002 - Journal

  Back In South Africa

  by Charles West
  We have re-settled very nicely back in South Africa.We are enjoying extremely nice summer weather but it has not been raining as much as is needed.The ... more

• July 03, 2002 - Journal

  Going Global

  by Charles West
  Dear Friends in Christ: Our one year US assignment is at an end and we are now headed back to South Africa July 10, 2002. We had such a wonderful ti... more

• April 18, 2002 - Journal

  Preparing for Our Return

  by Charles West
  Time is drawing to a close for us on our U.S. and Puerto Rico Assignment.We have visited numerous churches, fellowships, Baptist Women's rallies, con... more

• October 01, 2001 - Journal

  Reflection on Our First Term

  by Charles West
  Our first term in South Africa has drawn to a close. We feel extremely blessed and privileged to have been a part of the body of Christ in and among ... more