New Life Center Staff

Josephine has been the Director of the New Life Center since October 2015. She joined NLC in 2009 as the Office Manager. She is a single mother with two sons and two grandchildren. She is a Specialist Teacher by profession and loves working with children who have special needs. She is also involved in social work and is an ordained Deaconess in the United Methodist Church. She has proven to be a jack of all trades and a wonderful fit as our NLC Director. She is available for any duty that is allocated to her. She oversees the NLC, manages conference center bookings, interacts directly with the project staff for their daily requisitions, and is also on hand to interpret and work with children for our kid camps. Sometimes she is also found in the kitchen cooking for the other staff. Is it because she enjoys cooking or likes eating? She gives a motherly touch to the NLC. She provides a friendly atmosphere both for staff and visitors with her positive public relations work. God help this wonderful woman as she continues to lead NLC in the future for many years to come!

As the driver for New Life Center for the past several years, Thomas Muzala logs a lot of miles on the roads of Zambia! He drives into town almost daily to run errands. If you’ve ever seen the traffic in Kitwe, you will know how much he is appreciated for doing this! Thomas also picks up the students for the tutoring program four days a week. He knows quite a bit about cars and vehicles and is often helping out with the repairs of the vehicles. He is also seen driving forklifts and other heavy machinery around campus. He feels very blessed to be with New Life Center. He has learned and grown a lot in his spiritual life since working here.

Emily Padilla joined the New Life Center team in 2013. She served as the Science teacher for the Tutoring/Extra Lessons until August of 2017. Since then she has been working in the office as the Ministries Coordinator, and still helps out anywhere else needed. She often is one of the designated photographers for ministry events and helps keep the social media communication updated. She also has been able to use her art and Zambian experiences to help illustrate a children’s book series about a Zambian boy and his adventures. Emily was born to missionaries in the DR Congo but grew up in Indiana in the United States.  She spent a year teaching at an international school in DR Congo right after college, and it was during this year that she met Delbert and Sandy Groves and was impressed with the work at New Life Center. Years later God ended up calling her there! She feels honored to be a small part of what God is doing in Zambia through NewLife Center.