Hands at Work
Pastor Theo Low's Reflections from Zambia

In July 2019, Pastor Theo Low visited Zambia with a team from Sunset Church in San Francisco, California, with Hands at Work. He shared his reflections as he finished his fourth full day in Africa and his third day of a church mobilization.

“Most of these local pastors are bi-vocational, which means they have small churches and they are not paid to pastor their church. But these men have a great hunger for the Word of God… I realized, I may leave, but this family and this neighborhood will still have faithful men preaching and teaching God’s Word. These men have affirmed their love for the true gospel, they hold God’s Word up high, and they constantly reference it.”


Mwaiseni

Radical Advent: Esther’s Story from Mwaiseni, Zambia

As a part of our Radical Advent Christmas campaign, we want to share a story of a teacher from Zambia today.  Esther used to teach at a public school, but when she realized that many of the orphans in her village weren’t able to afford the fees to attend the public school, she decided to make a radical change.  First, she used her modest income to build a small two-bedroom house.  As a single woman with two children and two grandchildren, her neighbors complained the new house was beyond her means.  But this was part of Esther’s plan.  She now shares one bedroom with her two grandchildren, who live with her.  In the spare bedroom, she raises dozens of chickens, and the income from selling chickens enabled Esther to take the risky step of leaving the security of her government job.  Now Esther’s living room doubles as her classroom, because every weekday she teaches 106 of the poorest children in her community out of her living room! 

Hands at Work empowers people like Esther in the poorest villages in Africa who are radically serving the poor and helps build a team of local Christians around them to multiply their efforts.  Make this a Radical Advent by supporting Hands at Work in improving access to education for poor children in Africa!  Please consider making a donation to our Christmas campaign here.