AUGUST 30TH -MY HUSBAND LES

WORSHIPING AT THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN LUSAKA

PRAISES TO OUR LORD FOR ORDAINING TO ME SUCH A WONDERFUL HUSBAND. OUR HEARTS ARE BOTH IN ZAMBIA WITH A LOVE WE SHARE WITH THESE LOVING ZAMBIAN PEOPLE. WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE LORD HAS IN STORE FOR US BUT A TASK THAT LIES BEFORE US NOW IS TO RAISE MONEY AND AWARENESS AT HOME FOR THIS MINISTRY. THERE IS MUCH TO DO AND WE ARE THE ONLY SOURCE IN NORTHERN USA THAT KNOWS ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL NEW CONCEPT CALLED, EVERY ORPHANS HOPE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US TO COME AND SHARE WITH YOU ALL ABOUT EOH.

AUGUST 30TH, I AM HOME BUT MY HEART IS STILL IN AFRICA

Please pray for me as I am having a problem knowing where I fit now and what it is that the Lord is asking of me now.  My life evolves around Him now and I feel His presence and I am asking Him why I still yearn for Africa, specifically Zambia and its people.  Zambians have taught me how to love one another just as Christ loves us unconditionally.  I know Les is struggling to know what it is we can do next - Praise the Lord, we have now both decided to sponsor two more children there. They are James Tai's siblings who we already sponsor. Allow me to show you all three of our new family members:

Kauya Tai

James Tai

Veronica Tai

AUGUST 29TH  WATCHING MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN SERVE THE LORD

Saili with her buddy, Doreen, with Kauya in the background - friends from last year

The children do not want Lex to leave

I was so proud of Claire, our 13 year old granddaughter, because she had her own group of children for the week to minister to on her own and to share the gospel with these orphans. She is such an amazing young lady and at the end of my blog you will see other blogs - one of which is hers and she has written an amazing story of Alice. You must read it.!!!!

This is Will, Claire and Holly watching as Will seeks to comfort some of his at risk children from his group last year. I have been praying for them all year hoping that one in particular gets into My Fathers House. His interpreter from last year, an amazing young man, actually drove to pick them up and bring them to Will to see. They were not a part of this years program. Wow, what a moment for the Gruvers!!!! Not long enough.

EDNA, SHE DOES SAILI'S HAIR

Our awesome team leaders

Will checking his iphone for information he must give us on the way to camp and at the same time listening to son, Thomas who is very excited to see  his new friends

Holly with Grace- we found her alone in her room reading the bible!!

Holly with Mama Christine

Singing African songs to the Lord with My Fathers House children

Team Leader, Holly Gruver, giving updates and getting information from our team

Team Captain, Will Gruver, pondering the magnificent God that we serve and loving these children

Another memorable moment was just watching my children and grandchildren set such a wonderful example of Gods love to others who are not from our culture and who do not look like us.  Strangers who to them were Gods special ones - my grandchildren embraced these children as if they were part of their very own family and of course, some they had gotten to know from last year and a few were their sponsored children but the children that came into camp hope were all strangers to them and yet they treated them the same way they treated others.  Because I was teaching and I am sure I did not get pictures of the family like I would have if I had been a spectator but here is what I do have:(see above)

28th  GRANDPA LES AND HIS CHILDREN

                                                           

FIDELIS PHIVI

INNOCENT MASEKO

VINCENT  SOKOMONA 

  

MUTINTA SOKOMONA

MARVIS NKOMESHA

EVELYN PHIVI

PAUL LANGA

CATHERINE LUNGU
TWAMVO NYENDA

SUSAN  MWELWA

DAN  PHIVI

BENSON  CHINKATA

ELIZABETH  NKOMESHA

BLESSED CHINKATA

MARGARET CHINKATA

Yes, Grandpa Les had his own group of children too. We started out together but the secondday we
were asked to split up because more new children had come into  Camp Hope so Les took the new group.  He had a challenge because he had material to catch them up on and he had a wide age range of children from 5 to 9 .  Fortunately, he had Mary Lungu as his interpreter.  And the children loved him. He was out of his element and said the Lord was stretching him but of course when the Lord is at work you know it is going to be all good.