TELECONFERENCE  APRIL 19TH

We started with devotions and prayer from Ephesians 4:2  . "Be completely humble and gentle, be patient, bearing with one another in love" Cheryl expanded on this by saying  that we are not to think of ourselves highly or boast but to bare with other people's faults standing with one another. In other words, don't be confrontational.

We learned that some of our team will be people that are coming from outside of the US and Canada. All communications are also to go strictly through Cheryl Greif, our program manager with Every Orphans Hope - and what a great one she is!!!!~  We also learned that our August team's leaders are going to be Will and Holly Gruver. Wow!! John Mizarek will be our construction leader. John shared with us a typical day on the construction team.  He said, " first day is a bit chaotic while getting the lay of the land. He said important to be flexible and that we need to keep in mind that God will show up and everything happens in His time. He will meet us there." This comment was for all from the United States as we are so time oriented and everything is so tightly scheduled.  In Zambia time it is not important but rather they are event oriented.  Will and Holly have sponsored six orphans that are living in My Fathers Houses built by our construction team. Those children do not consider time lapse from when they saw them last - they only concentrate on the times they do see them.  Zambians emphasis is on present experiences rather than the past or future.  In other words, we in the United States live by the clock - we are concerned with punctuality, time expended, allocations of time to achieve the maximum within set time limits, tightly scheduled, goal directed activities, emphasis on dates,planning and the future. Rewards are given for efficient use of time.  In Zambia there is more concern for details of the event regardless of time required. They don't care how long it takes to fix a problem. They stop and wait upon the Lord , consider everything until problem is solved.  Zambians have a "let come what may" outlook not tied to any precise schedule. They focus on completing the event as a reward in itself and they do not necessarily need to see the fruits of their labors.  They live in the moment.

What is so exciting about this program is that we are working along side  these wonderful African people and we WE will learn much!!!

Sharon Hoover from the Centerville Presbyterian Church spoke on humility in a servant's heart using Mark 5:1-20.  After the Sermon on the Mount while Jesus and his disciples were heading east crossing the sea of Galilee upon reaching the banks Jesus observed a man who had been bound in chains coming from a tomb with evil spirits in him, a pitiful man who would cut himself with stones. Jesus removed the demons and the man sat humbly at His feet and begged to go with Jesus but Jesus said no but rather  go tell your family about me and what I have done.  So the man went telling all the people.  ( Sharon shared that it occurred to her that this was really the first missionary - a poor and lowly man  who left with a huge heart for what Jesus had done for Him.  Therefore, we certainly should be able to do the same - simply to be Jesus's hands and feet and to sit with the children and tell them what and how much Jesus has done for us humbling ourselves .   OUR HOMEWORK is to journal now -- she asked do we have humility and reverence to spend time at the feet of Jesus and how do we view the concept of humility. We were challenged to daily find ways to humble ourselves in different ways and how we can do the same in Zambia. We are to ask ourselves where we are in humbling ourselves and allowing God to be in control.

We are to look forward to our next teleconference as we will receive our curriculum that we will be sharing with the children . Cheryl is hopeful that we will have 20 pictures to share with the children this time along with the curriculum.  We also will go over packing lists, and learn Zambian phrases and maybe some songs.  Thank you Cheryl, John and Sharon for a great Teleconference.

Next conference - May 17th, 7 pm  wow its the day of our garage sale !!

TELECONFERENCE APRIL 12

Thank you Lord.   We are now officially on the August Team which means enough people got their applications in to create two different mission groups going to Camp Hope to minister to the orphans in Zambia. Therefore, we now have our specific dates so we can start planning our trip.   This is the schedule:

Les and I will probably leave the mainland July 27^th or 28^th to arrive in Johannesburg and then take a flight to Lusaka. We will probably be staying at the International Hotel near the airport in Lusaka  and then will meet the team at the airport in the evening on August 3^rd, On Saturday the following morning we will be taking a culture walk through the villages and surrounding area. On Sunday, the 5^th we will be attending the local churches and worshiping with the African people that helped to put this together and make it all possible. In the afternoon we will be shopping in the  market place and then go through a time of training.  FROM AUGUST 6-10 will be my most life changing days as we will be at Camp Hope all that week and Les and I will have a group of children and in one week please pray that we can bring them hope,  that they will all come to know who Jesus is and that they can develop a personal relationship with Him no matter how young they are.  We have been told that with all that they give these children, the one thing that really changes their outlook on what they have to go back to, is what is permanent and can never be taken away from them – Jesus Christ. It is the only way I will be able to leave these children – knowing they have a Big Daddy they can turn to. AFTER Camp Hope the following day, August 11^th we will be touring “My Father’s Houses” and Construction Day. We are now working on our 12^th house.  Each house is 800 square feet with three bedrooms – 4 boys in one room, 4 girls in one room, and a room for the Mama.

Every house has solar panels for electric, has running water and bathrooms. Every house has a kitchen but they still teach the children the tribal way with their outside adobe ovens so that they never forget their ways.  On August 12^th we will be going on a safari with the team and on August 13^th we will be saying goodbye to our amazing fellow team members as they head back to the mainland. We will then be continuing on in Africa with Will and Holly and the grandchildren to other parts of Africa. Stay tune to what we will  be planning. 

Soon we will have another teleconference  Thursday, April  19th

Please note that if you decide to donate to  Every Orphans Hope in any way, please make your check out to Every Orphans Hope and in the memo put our names so we get credit toward the children we provide for during the week we are in the Camp. This will not go to fund our trip but to help defray the costs for everything we are doing for the orphans, medical , clothing, crafts they keep, bibles , their food three times a day. You can also donate by contributing to our garage sale May 17^th, 18^th and 19^th at 7670 Queensland Lane North in Maple Grove – bring items a week before and we are looking to borrow some tables as we expect to have a lot of items. Remember if you shop while here make your checks to Every Orphans Hope and you get  a tax deduction.  Email me to let me know :  shann2854@gmail.com

Our email address is shann2854@gmail.com. Hope to hear from you. Shann

Hi everyone,  we've decided to have a garage sale for Every Orphans Hope on May 17th, 18th and 19th in our garage at 7670 Queensland Lane North, Maple Grove Minnesota.  Just bring your unwanted items that are in good shape and we will try and sell them and the money will go to Every Orphans Hope. AND if you come and shop, whatever you buy , if you write a check to Every Orphans Hope, a tax deductable receipt will be sent to you. Hey, its a win, win situation.  Just email us with any questions and let us know if you want to participate. We would like all items the week before.