MULI BWANJI!!!!

Just in case you didn’t know that is Nyanja for “How are you?” I finally got my bag today and got my chord to connect my camera to my computer so here is picture of the builing of the first of 25 homes for orphans on the land for the Tree of Life Childrens Villiage! What a great day today. Today was the new summer volunteer orientation for the new, and old, Zambian employees. We went over everything that they needed to know to be effective counselors at Camp LIFE this summer. We went over the theme for the week, which will be discussed a little further down, the songs, and everything else. It was so encouraging to see the 120 Zambians there together getting ready for camp. We sang and prayed, studied and laughed together for 6 hours! Music and dancing are such a part of African culture and it is a blast to sing and dance with them because they are so enthusiastic and energetic and the fervor with which they prey is unmatched. Someone will be in front of the entire group and ask everyone to pray with them and everyone actually prays with them. Everyone begins praying out load and the rooms begins to fill up with prayers to our God and it is one of the most powerful things I have ever heard. Somehow the mass chaos of everyone shouting their prayers at the same time to our God is a beautiful noise the Creator and sounds like an amazing song of worship.
Anyways, to the theme of the week; bondage breaking! We focus on 5 lies that the devil and society has been telling these orphans their entire lives. These five are; you (the child) are hated, rejected, lost, worthless, and defeated. These children have been hated and rejected from their societies just because they are orphans. Even the children who have not lost parents have been sent away by their parents from the outer provinces to stay with aunts and uncles in the city because they were sick or just unwilling to care for them anymore. I am not sure what hurts worse, watching your parents die or having your parents tell you that they no longer want you. To the society to which these kids belong they are lost entirely and most of them are just waiting to die and thus are treated as insignificant and are therefore defeated. Now for the good news. IN CHRIST WE ARE FREE!!!!! Throughout the week we break these chains and teach these kids the truth about who they really are in Christ. In Christ they are Loved. In Christ they are Accepted. In Christ they are Secure. In Christ they are Significant. In Christ they are Victorious! We will be teaching these kids the truth about who they are in the kingdom of God and by the end of the week they will leave FREE after being bound by so many lies. Please be praying for these kids and that they may see the truth about who they are in Christ and that the devil may be bound from these children and that he would not be able to whisper his lies to them throughout the next week and that they may be freed by the power of the spirit!