Best wishes in 2026!…………..
First of all, we’d like to sincerely thank you all for all the support you’ve given us in our family, our work, and for our projects, big and small, in 2025. We deeply appreciate all the support, in whatever form, and it often leaves us speechless. While we sometimes wonder, “How can we make this happen?” “How should we do this?” “How should we handle this?” suddenly a solution appears, and for sure you’ve made a significant contribution!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
In this newsletter, we hope to keep you updated on everything that’s going on in our lives!
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Kind regards, Jannie, Mobuley, and the children
Meeting
In August, Jannie met with the Women of Impact (WIA) leadership team in Kabwe. As a core team, we meet in person and discuss plans for 2026. (We’ll meet online for the rest of this year.)
Jannie also had a training session with various women leaders from around 12 different African countries. This training was designed to keep each other focused and to delve deeper into the topics. For those who aren’t yet familiar with our VCJF women’s training, it’s a session where we help women find their identity and value, learn about discipleship, how to lead Bible studies, and how to acquire and further develop certain skills.
Women Conference
Annual women’s conference for about 150 women within the Operation Mobilization organization, to encourage them and make them feel special.
Love Africa Conference 2025
General Love Africa Conference in Kabwe in August. A conference with around 800 guests visiting the OM base.
Visit to the Netherlands
In September, I, Jannie, traveled to the Netherlands alone to visit family, friends, acquaintances, and sponsors. For four weeks, I was able to breathe Dutch air again.
It was a trip with mixed feelings. On the one hand, it was wonderful to be back in the Netherlands and see so many people again, but on the other, it wasn’t nice to have to leave my family, and especially Mobuley, behind. It was also a trip where I had to say goodbye to several people I know I won’t see again, and I also had to say goodbye to things I still had in the Netherlands.
Anyone who knows me knows I value things—things that have a story, stories from the past, from loved ones, from travels, and so on. I don’t value new things, but rather the story itself. With a knot in my stomach, I packed practical items into four suitcases, which I hope will one day make it to Zambia, and the rest went to the thrift store and the bin. Unfortunately, I didn’t get around to go through all my photos; I didn’t have enough time… That will happen next time me and Mobuley will be back in the Netherlands. That time he just has to join me!
I wrote a column about “COLLECTING’ which is about my ‘cleaning up experience’ in the Netherlands.
All in all, the visits and activities made for a full program, very intensive and also very emotional. I returned to Zambia tired.
Visitors are fun to have arround!
In October, we were able to welcome other visitors for a week, from Australia. Rob and Jessie. Friends I’ve known since 1998, from the time I backpacked through Australia for a year. They’re from Darwin, the Northern Territory, in northern Australia. I met them and their entire family through church, and I’m still in touch with them, which is very special.
Rob and Jessie were traveling through Africa and, of course, wanted to visit us. No outings or vacations in Ndola, but they were happy to help with chores. A pleasant experience for us. We had a wonderful time together, doing a lot and catching up! And of course, they also got to know Mobuley.
Twalumbu Maposa Farm
We were given a piece of land in Maposa. Six hectares, uncultivated, where we’ve now planted maize and are building a small house so a family can live there for safety, and they can also work the land for us. One of the criteria for the area is that 20% of the forest must remain. That’s no problem for us; we want to keep the land as natural as possible while still using it to sow and reap. Literally (crops) and figuratively (the gospel)!
Health
Those who know me, Jannie, and have been following my lead know that I really need to slow down a bit, or rather, I need to take a complete break (a kind of sick leave)…. I really need to find a better balance in my work, on our farm, and with my family. Physically, I also have my fair share of complaints. I’ve been through some medical check ups and I’ve received a few diagnoses. The biggest diagnosis is actually polyarthritis. Basically, I have symptoms which go with Rheumathoid Arthritis, but they can’t find any in my blood. This in itself is a very good sign. With medication, I hope to be able to remain mobile and functional. Also here it’s about finding balance.
Family
Mobuley and the kids are doing great! The kids had a break from school and are now back to work. The youngest is in the fourth grade of primary school, and the oldest is still trying to figure out what he wants to do. IT wasn’t quite right for him. We’ll see what he will come up with.
Mobuley is busy with all sorts of things. Regarding People Care within OM, Mobuley focuses on the mental and emotional well-being of the team members and provides guidance where needed. He is the leader of People Care throughout Zambia, which means he manages the staff at the various centers to try to provide the best possible people care.
In his own field, it’s about properly supporting the people sent from OM Zambia to other fields. This is because it’s not easy to go to another country. It also involves countries within Africa, and each country has its own challenges.
Mobuley completed his real estate training at the ZIEA Institute. The Zambia Institute of Estate Agents (ZIEA) is a statutory body established by an Act of Parliament, the Estate Agents Act No. 21 of 2000, with the mandate of registering estate agents and regulating the practice and conduct of business in Zambia. This training enables them to occasionally act as an agent in the sale of properties and land. The intention is for this to eventually become a source of income for us.
Twalumbu Farm
For two years, we’ve been growing vegetables. Unfortunately, this has proven difficult; we’ve been disadvantaged by some people, and as a result, we’ve had to focus on other crops. So far, we’re still not able to generate any income from the business, and this has a lot to do with the way business is done here in Zambia, where selfishness is quite prevalent. Fortunately, we can still support nine workers and their families! Something we’re truly grateful for! The chickens are doing well, and the Hammermill is still busy grinding the maize into mealie meal for the daily Nshima!
Some more pictures
Bananas on our farm | Cameleon | Mushrooms that sometimes make it feel like autumn here too | The Boss | Mrs. Shacholi | more Mushrooms | Meeting on our farm | Meeting with our workers | A large historic slave tree in Ndola | Liters of Mango Juice | My dear mother-in-law who, due to her health, now lives on our farm | Tailoring Isubilo | Our very own Batman | Our new shelter where the chicken slaughterhouse will be located in the future and we’ll meet with the eople for the community | young and old from the neighborhood community are helping with slaughtering the chickens!
Twalumbu Missions Foundation
On October 13, 2025, our Twalumbu Mission Foundation was officially registered in Zambia! We’re thrilled! It’s quite a process to get everything in order before we can start. The Zambian law must be followed, but the path to achieving this is often unclear.
More information can be found on our website and we hope to share more in a future newsletter.
Will you help us so we can continue our work?
Mobuley and I are so grateful for the past few years! Thanks to the support of many, I was able to continue my work among women, and WE can continue our work at OM and in Twapia! This isn’t something we take for granted. It always leaves us speechless!
The idea was that we could become self-sufficient with the income from our TWALUMBU FARM, but that’s not really a realistic possibility with what we do, and we’ve also discovered that it keeps us from what we truly feel called to do! Working in God’s kingdom through our missionary work with Operation Mobilization and Women of Impact, and trying to make a holistic difference in the lives of the people in our neighborhood community in Twapia, which we can find next door! We try to view society as an interwoven whole of facets, and try to come in.
This means that we are still completely dependent on donations for our upkeep.
In addition, the value of the Euro has dropped by 20%, which has major consequences for us because the donations reach us here in the local currency, the Kwacha.
Would you like to help us/continue to help us? Every contribution, big or small, makes a difference!
Would you like to support us (through Operation Mobilization) or make a regular monthly donation to our work? Its easy as! Just use your Visa, Mastercard and American Express! Just click on ‘DONATE NOW’ and it’ll take you to the website
By the end of 2025, we’ll have reached 90% of our goal for the SOLAR PROJECT! This is truly amazing!
We were able to install a 10 kVA and a 5 kVA inverter, each with 2 batteries and 16 and 8 solar panels of 610 watts respectively!
Will you help us reach the final 10%? So we can also improve our water storage and provide the surrounding community with better clean drinking water!
Why is solar energy necessary on our farm?! Due to recurring power outages, we only have power for 7 hours a day, which is a real challenge for running a mission center and business, as well as the online work for Operation Mobilization and Women of Impact and try to make an impact in our own community. Learn more on our website:
http://www.twalumbu.com
Do you want to praying with us and for us?
When you prayerful want to support us, pleae do so!
- Thank for God’s faithfulness in 2025
- Thank for the place where we can live
- Thank for the work and impact we already have in Twapia
- Thank for all the funding!
- Pray for the progress of the work
- Pray for Jannie her health
- Please pray for sufficient finances for our work, family & the Twalumbu Projects
- Pray for blessings on the farm, for the crops, plants and trees
- Pray for wisdom for Mobuley and Jannie in all the decisions that have to be made daily
- Pray for whatever God places on your heart! 🙂
GIVE | DONATE
Donate towards our work and our projects through the Australian website!
What’s our story again?
Through the mission organization Operation Mobilization Mobuley and Jannie are working in Zambia and Africa doing different works. In addition, Jannie will also coach women and provide pastoral assistance. Our salary consists entirely of financial donations. In this newsletter we share with you what happens in our work and life.
Any questions, remarks, want to know more? Feel free to contact us!
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