- The easiest way to travel in Mumbwa.
Sometimes we volunteer for tasks. Sometimes we are volunTOLD.
In the first we tell the authorities what task we will do. In the second, the authorities tell us which tasks we will do. Usually this happens, when we ask for volunteers and none are forthcoming, so we volunTELL people to do the tasks no one volunteered to do.
This can be done well, and this can be done poorly. It is done poorly when I volunteer people who are unwilling and incapable of completing the tasks, and who will ultimately reject both the task and me.
Last week, we traveled 8 hours to Mumbwa, Zambia to lead a TEEZ Tutor Training at Mumbwa Congregation of the Reformed Church in Zambia (RCZ). Mumbwa is a surprisingly large and busy town three hours west of Lusaka, Zambia. Entering Mumbwa, an enormous, decorative spire adorning the local mosque rises up to greet you. If beautiful buildings win souls, the mosque has a leg up – thank God that buildings cannot communicate the gospel articulately enough to win souls. Parked at a fuel station across from the mosque, we were greeted by a handsome, young man named, “Mwanza.” This man took us to a hot plate of food, a hot shower, and a warm bed. This man, unlike that building, is capable of conversation, and conversation is the only way the gospel can be communicated articulately…
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This blog post like all posts labeled BLOG on this website, first appeared on the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church blog, Glory Be: A Tale of Two Zambian Trained Missionaries. There, you can find scores of other original blog posts by Andrew Ruth.
The original introduction is reproduced above, but to read the entire post in its original format, please visit “VolunTOLD In Mumbwa.”
Andrew David Ruth 