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Zambia Recap

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Dear friends, After a couple of weeks back, I'm finally getting around to sending this update. Thank you so much for supporting my trip!! I hope this trip recap gives you a good glimpse at what you were a part of. Camp Hope The first week of the trip was all about Camp Hope, where 300 orphaned kiddos from across Lusaka came together for 5 days of worship, good food, games, crafts and teaching. The camp was supported by six local churches, each able to nominate 50 children from their communities. I was there to be a group leader for all the fun stuff, and to teach the lessons for my group (which was also fun). My group for the week consisted of 14 girls around the age of 17 who were joyful, thoughtful, and a ton of fun. I was curious how a group of older kids would respond to the teaching and crafts, but all of the girls were fully engaged in the teaching and loved doing the crafts. I didn't head to Zambia expecting to be a girl-dad for a week, but God knew what he was doing, an...

Zambia Update - Camp Hope Comes to a Close

Camp Hope finished up today and was a huge success! Thank you for your prayers! Everyone in the group felt well covered in prayers! Travis has so much gratitude for your prayers and your encouraging words. The group has a day and a half to recuperate and then they will travel an hour outside of town to where the family homes and the baby home are located.  This is the main ministry of Every Orphan's Hope.  They will be part of a field day on one day and then hang out with the kids the following day.  Then they will start their journey home! The next update you receive will be from Travis after he returns.  He may need a little more time to send an update, thank you for your patience.   Here are some praises from your efforts — The problem with the division in the groups was completely resolved and there were no issues the last two days of camp. I will talk a little bit later in this post about the emotional impact the trip has had on Travis and all the othe...