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Pastor Davy Chinyundu stepped around the crutch that the village man had laid in the dirt next to the pink plastic chair he sat in. Davy reached down…

In this conclusion of the 3-part video series Making a Way for the Gospel, Reverend Reynold Fourie of the Reformed Church Belville East in Cape Town, South Africa shares about the training his team provided, with the help of ITMI partner, Johan Leach. …

When our partner Johan Leach in remote Chavuma, Zambia, wants to organize discipleship training in Chilombo, Angola, his to-do list is a bit different than it would be anywhere else. …

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Discipleship at Work: Multiplication Among the Luvale Tribe

Pastor Davy Chinyundu stepped around the crutch that the village man had laid in the dirt next to the pink plastic chair he sat in. Davy reached down…

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Making a Way for the Gospel – Zambia-Angola Road Improvements – Part 3 (Video)

In this conclusion of the 3-part video series Making a Way for the Gospel, Reverend Reynold Fourie of the Reformed Church Belville East in Cape Town, South Africa shares about the training his team provided, with the help of ITMI partner, Johan Leach. …

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Making a Way for the Gospel – Zambia-Angola Road Improvements – Part 2 (Video)

When our partner Johan Leach in remote Chavuma, Zambia, wants to organize discipleship training in Chilombo, Angola, his to-do list is a bit different than it would be anywhere else. …

I went for the Gospel outreach to a remote village on the west bank [of the Zambezi River] called Chambi. Here, a small group of eager women and men were already gathered and ready to listen to the Word of God. I…

Johan Leach shows some incredible images of bridges and roads between his mission base in Chavuma and Chilombo, Angola and explains why he and a team are out in the bush rebuilding and forging roads to Chilombo.

Mid-September, ITMI’s Johan Leach updated us that the drilling team arrived in Chavuma with their heavy truck overflowing with the supplies and tools needed to drill and install 8 new boreholes in strategic locations. About a week later, he reported…

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Evangelists Report: Exciting News from Remote Zambian Villages

I went for the Gospel outreach to a remote village on the west bank [of the Zambezi River] called Chambi. Here, a small group of eager women and men were already gathered and ready to listen to the Word of God. I…

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Making a Way for the Gospel: Zambia-Angola Road Improvements (Video)

Johan Leach shows some incredible images of bridges and roads between his mission base in Chavuma and Chilombo, Angola and explains why he and a team are out in the bush rebuilding and forging roads to Chilombo.

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Stuck in Deep Mud on the Floodplains

Mid-September, ITMI’s Johan Leach updated us that the drilling team arrived in Chavuma with their heavy truck overflowing with the supplies and tools needed to drill and install 8 new boreholes in strategic locations. About a week later, he reported…

THE CONTEXT

Life in a Remote Village

In the northwest corner of Zambia, ITMI has identified a geographically isolated area between the difficult-to-cross Zambezi River and Angola. This area is the Luvale floodplain, inhabited by the Luvale people.

The Luvale live in small isolated villages with no infrastructure and few visitors.

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They survive off the land and gather water from wherever they can.

Some will drink from the ground, exposing themselves to water-borne illnesses that can be life-threatening in their isolated locations, far from medical care.

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Others haul water from a nearby river or stream. In 2014, a United Nations report estimated that in sub-Saharan Africa, people spent 40 billion hours a year collecting water. This is time spent away from other survival tasks.

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River water is unsafe.  Women and children can be endangered by river predators like crocs and hippos. It's also unclean and puts those who drink it at risk for water-borne disease.

When water isn't easily accessible, important hygiene practices such as hand-washing and bathing are done less or not at all.

When it is accessible, these practices are more sustainable, and nutrition improves as something like planting a garden becomes feasible when reliable water is available.

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A village girl holding vegetables grown in a garden made possible when the village received access to clean, safe water through ITMI's Clean Safe Water Project.

These same villages are isolated and remote, cutting them off from access to the Gospel and discipleship.

These "least reached" villages eagerly open their arms for our partners, Johan and Lesley Leach and their teams of trained evangelists who speak their language to share Jesus and to return to continue to preach and disciple the village.

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An evangelist trained by through Johan's ministry shares the Gospel in a village that was open to their visits because they'd been given access to clean, safe water.

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The headman of one village that received clean, safe water eagerly studies the Bible as Johan's team teaches from it. 

Life in a Rural Village

WHAT YOUR SUPPORT DOES

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SHARE THE GOSPEL

Sharing access to clean, safe water paves the way for evangelists to share the Gospel.

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IMPROVE NUTRITION

With accessible water, villagers can grow vegetables and drastically improve their nutrition. 

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PREVENT DISEASE

Drinking contaminated water can transmit diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and polio and is estimated to cause 502,000 diarrheal deaths each year. (2)

HISTORY

Our Experience

In Touch Mission International has been working in Africa for 35 years. We have long-standing relationships with godly, local leaders who understand the needs and speak the language. Johan and Lesley Leach are based in nearby Chavuma, Zambia and oversee the project.

 

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ITMI's Johan and Lesley Leach, Zambia

Our Results

Through our clean safe water project, we have provided 22 villages with access to drinkable water - and counting!

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Our Purpose

When our wells are installed in a village, our partner, Johan, and his team of trained Zambian evangelists visit frequently to introduce them to Jesus, provide continued Biblical teaching, disciple believers and raise up leaders. This is all with the goal of planting a church.

It’s tough to believe that the mere sight of a 2-ton flatbed truck with gravel and casings in the back can cause a community to erupt in riotous dancing and jubilation. …

Ever wonder what it would be like to preach the Gospel in a remote village? In this 4-minute video, you’ll get a taste of what it would be like to stand in the village sand while Johan and his team explain the Gospel to a group of villagers. 

An exciting two-minute message from Johan Leach in Zambia!

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DEAR TEAM: Unspeakable Gratitude

It’s tough to believe that the mere sight of a 2-ton flatbed truck with gravel and casings in the back can cause a community to erupt in riotous dancing and jubilation. …

Johan Leach preaches the Gospel as villagers listen. Leach, Zambia, Clean Safe Water

Preaching the Gospel in a Remote Zambian Village (Video)

Ever wonder what it would be like to preach the Gospel in a remote village? In this 4-minute video, you’ll get a taste of what it would be like to stand in the village sand while Johan and his team explain the Gospel to a group of villagers. 

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Drillers Arrive to Begin Digging 8 New Wells in Zambia!

An exciting two-minute message from Johan Leach in Zambia!

Her name was Molly Hays. She was about 24 years old. The time was late June 1778, and the place was the Plains of Monmouth, New Jersey. The mid-summer heat was oppressive…

When ITMI’s Johan Leach arrived at the remote village, one of the many villages on the isolated Luvale floodplain, he and his team immediately realized their plans were going to change.

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Dear Team: Standing Fast

Her name was Molly Hays. She was about 24 years old. The time was late June 1778, and the place was the Plains of Monmouth, New Jersey. The mid-summer heat was oppressive…

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A Visit to the Village of Kawelele

When ITMI’s Johan Leach arrived at the remote village, one of the many villages on the isolated Luvale floodplain, he and his team immediately realized their plans were going to change.