Turn the volume up! Sit back and let the videos load. Enjoy some lovely Christmas cheer! Pentatonix. “Little Drummer Boy” by an incredible acapella group… Piano Guys. “Angels We Have Heard on High” with 32 fingers and 8 thumbs! Children of Every Orphan’s Hope. Guaranteed to bring a smile to your heart and soul as…
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Back to Africa
I returned to Africa this week. The children, mama’s, and staff of Every Orphan’s Hope have stolen my heart! EOH reaches out and cares for AIDS orphans in Zambia in the name of Jesus. They are making a profound difference in the lives of many children. At the heart of their mission is the mama…
No Longer Visitors
Our mission team emerged from the old, blue bus into the Village of Hope community. The hour-long drive from Lusaka had molded our body parts to one another as we lurched over speed humps large enough to reduce even the most ambitious speed racer to a snail’s pace. As I unfolded my legs and blinked…
8 Ways to Look After Orphans
What can one person do? “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultess is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1:27) But how can you help the orphans in Africa? What difference can you make in the life…
Roy’s Story: An Orphan’s Life on the Streets of Africa, Part 2
Continued from Part 1 We found Moses on the street all beat up. We never found out who pounded him. He never was right after that. His busted up legs healed all crooked, so did his nose and cheek. Looked like half his face just hung all lazy like. Finding food has gotten harder. I…
Roy’s Story: An Orphan’s Life on the Streets in Africa
While most of us live comfortably, orphans of AIDS, wars and poverty suffer. Their stories are often lost amidst other urgent global crises. Here, blended from several sources, is Roy’s story … a fictional account of a child living in urban Africa… It hasn’t always been this bad. Things started out ok. Actually, it was all good…
One Child’s Tailspin into Abject Poverty, Part 2
Continued from Part 1 My sister died on a Wednesday, I think. Not long after … her husband passed away. He died on a Wednesday, too. Isn’t that odd? Yes, death has always been a part of my life. I decided to leave my sister’s village and go back home to Mama’s. Maybe we could…
One Child’s Tailspin into Abject Poverty
My name is Kaole. I live in a small village in southern Africa. I am the youngest girl in my family. I don’t remember my older brothers. They died before I was born. But my sister was around for a while. She was about 14 when she married and moved away. Death has always been…
Faces of Zambia, Part 2
I see the beautiful faces of the little ones in Every Orphan Hope’s “My Father’s Houses.” Joy radiates from their eyes as they share testimonies about new life in Christ and new life in their MFH family. They arise at 5:00 a.m. for devotions (led by the children) then prepare breakfast for the house, handwash…
Faces of Zambia, Part 1
Zambia used to be a pastel-colored, oddly-shaped polygon on a map of Africa. It emerged from the page for me in the summer of 2010 and now stands as a three-dimensional, vibrant land with real people with deep faith. Gentle rolling savanas with scattered trees surround the airport and the capital of Lusaka. Mountains rise…
