He wrote the day before he died : “ I prophesied this nation shall become a beacon of light to all the nations !”zambia or ZOMBIA is today the only Christian nation by its own admission in its constitution - a fitting reminder that despite what our despair may tell us in our darkest hour - his sacrifice was not in vain .
Livingstone today had a town named after him - and although his life may seem futile and lost - he sowed his own heart into the soil as a seed that would surely grow - so convinced he was in his walk with the Christian God he served .
So coming close by mr Livingstone last stand ( he was discovered the next morning by his two manservant’s dead but in a kneeling position . That was his witness to us .
A brave man indeed . I had been in my early years to Ujiji where he had met Stanley - Henry Morton Stanley an explorer and journalist who on the coastline of Lake Tanganika which had taken me 3 days to sail up - said : “ Livingstone I presume ! “ Livingstone a sold out Christian trying to bring the gospel to the heart of darkness was a pioneer .
For those of us who would follow in his footsteps - we should know that Africa is not for sissies and tourists. It’s a sometimes godless place and at other times place of incredible undiscovered natural wonder that you always will Learn new things - and always push the envelope of the possible and the impossible . But he was still
A man and doubted as a man - that’s why his final Breath was on his knees .
It was in this spirit …. that I decided to go north following the footsteps of Livingstone and the greatest bat migration on earth . My mission was to scout for a home for rainbow warriors -lightworkers - Rastas and fellow evangelists in central Africa on what still is the most darkest and dangerous most mysterious and wildest nation on earth - THE CONGO .
A quite unexpected opportunity landed on my lap - and I was determined to Follow in the footsteps of the great man of god - “living “”stone “
From Lusaka it was a good 14 hours and nearly 900 kilometres to Terra Nova - a farm I intended to view and possibly purchase as a testament to world peace where we would grow industrial hemp and build the legendary TEMPLE OF SOLOMON ! - that’s right you heard correct . In Africa we have danger but we also have freedom and WONDER where despite the obstacles you nay face - the most interesting and incredible things can and do happen .
Africa is another dimension . To ge honest o sometimes get impatient because there appears a cloud of ignorance and sleep that has come over these lands and put it into a great poverty . A poverty only the divine consciousness can awaken - like sleeping beauty it requires the kiss of a prince to revive this woman from her slumber .
But I should try at least - that was my ambition .
And together with Shawn and a gas guzzling Toyota V6 Land Cruiser we headed to the PROMISED LAND
At first as we went north very slowly since the road was jammed with slow moving trucks ( it took us 3 hours to go 160 km we despaired of ever getting there and seeing the property in daylight . But we persistently went further and further - deeper. And deeper our destination into the wild where juju or voodoo still held its grip over the impoverished population . Along the roads we were to see the big bags of charcoals used from cut down trees ( Zambia is the worlds most deforested nation . More do than Brazil . It is unchecked as ne the result is the decimation of green wildlife and the resulting drought we have seen by the fall in the precipitation stats . There are of course other reasons but the chief cause of this drought is the lack of evapotranspiration .
But nobody seems to dare - there is right now nearly 12 to 17 hours daily of black outs or load shredding as it’s called and it is leading to a month long shutdown due to the lack of water in the XD biggest dam . The bad management of land as no resources has also jade Zambia dependant on aid and money fro. The world bank and the IMF and the Chinese . Fortunately it has great copper and lithium reserves to keep
It in the black but even this will not stave off a famine in years to come . What hasn’t helped is the lack of infrastructure mitigation since independence .
The same roads and same energy is being generated which was heavy for 3.5 million - now there’s 20 million people in a land three tines the size of the Uk . Zambia has and will go through more and more hardships and we hope they will wake up fro. This zombification that has led to no progress whatsoever in The daily lives of the majority of the population since it’s independence in 1964.
They still sell only tomatoes and sometimes bananas - they are dirt poor and every wild animal not in the 23 parks are murdered for food . We tried to introduce 20 bush babies but they were all made extinct after only four years .
You ask your self who would hunt and kill this beautiful creature when u can eat something else ???
But it’s not so bad when you look at it . It’s better - South African and Zimbabwean farmers in mukushi feed the nation - but even they cannot feed in a place where it doesn’t rain .
This is the dichotomy and paradox of Africa . In one way they need white farmers and white entrepreneurs and on the other side they are a proud nation who would rather starve they say they need them .
It’s not like that on Rwanda or Kenya or Nigeria . The pendulum is swinging in the right default direction - but in Zambia it’s not fast enough .
But it’s a beautiful and indus overestimate country land linked to 9 other nations with beautiful gemstones and precious metals and an untapped agricultural market which could feed Africa .
They just need to open their economy and deregulate making it easier to do business - then we gave greed - corruption and self centredness- they say Zambians are Christian on Sunday but something else on Monday - I personally face tried my very best investing thousands of dollars into trying to create something which will help not only this nation but many others . It’s hard when you understand the mechanics of climate change but you cannot reach anyone with this knowledge - because everyone is in survival mode . Not easy .
But this odyssey-
is not over yet . As David Livingstone passed on the baton to the next brave heart- we too must be able to pick up this baton and run with it too .
As HARD as it is . We must try . And so I went to see this amazing land that was been shown to me . Terra nova - new earth … a community land with an amazing river flowing through it . It felt like Karen Blixen flying through the air as meryl steep with Robert Redford … “ I once had a farm in Africa ! “ - it is like that still - the wonder - the beauty and the splendour of such a place if RAW nature waiting for all of us to discover and plant our seeds of love into the rich African soil .
BRICK BY BRICK - step by step ! It is up to is to manifest this new consciousness this new earth and the new birth .
What craziness you might say to go to the ci border of the heart of darkness the apocalypse now of Africa - but it looks XD like I was not alone -
The president of Zambia was there at the crossing to this dark land only 24 hours previously . There’s plentiful of rainfall during the rainy season and plenty of water in its driest season - which is now ! We had crossed the vast Katanga plains and seen the marshes like the pantanal of Brazil . On the way back we stopped the night on a white sands beach and looked out at an endless sea which was only a small Inland lake .
It is possible to overlook the bad things when you see the good ones - Africa this Africa is extremely tough but it is also rewarding - in the time to come it could well
Be a haven for refugees from the European continent escaping big brother control - or nuclear war !
Or the woke mindset that has nothing better to do than to play God with the lives of others that don’t fit in . I don’t want to think negatively about all this . There is good in all . Perhaps a house of prayer for all the nations is what we need to build right now -“ if humanity doesn’t put an end to war - then war will out an no to Humanity!” “
Despite all the desires to destroy each other and to hate one another - I believe in humanity and I believe we can find these answers in our spiritual personal and corporate prayers .
“ Attempt GREAT things for God - Expect GREAT things from God !”
William Carey
I thank you
Paul R. Denton
Let’s work
For work for peace a little harder !
"Let me draw you to David Livingstone's prayer before his last breath and I quote 'On this land, on which my bended knees rest may it become a mighty Christian Nation, a beacon of the Continent of hope of Africa and a light of the world' as prophetic words which have been fulfilled,"
President Lungu
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