Behind the Scenes

We interns have been working on the first "Fellowship Day" for the MFH kids and Teen Mania for the past few days. It has been interesting, as we have been doing ALL the work, but Teen Mania (and later the short term missionaries) will be getting to spend ALL the time with the MFH kids. It's been a bit of a struggle of me, as the serving part of me is glad to plan a time for these short-termers to get to know the orphans in hopes that they will sponsor them. The selfish part is envious, as I wish I had more structured time to spend with the kids and didn't have to do any grunt work.

It has been helping me to know that I am not the only one who is doing behind the scenes work, as we 5 interns have been doing it all together. It also helps when God reminds me that the more people who come to love these orphans and are burdened by their plight, the more help the orphans will receive. I am encouraged that so many people want to help by praying for the orphans and widows, donating clothes, toys, and Bibles, taking time to come all the way to Zambia to see how they could help, or even sponsoring a child.

Now a little bit about our "Fellowship Days":

We will be having two Fellowship Days - one tomorrow (Saturday) and one next week. These days are designed for the two short-term missionary groups (the 70 Teen Mania crew and the 21 short-termers) to get to spend time getting to know individual orphans. We will be bringing the Lusaka MFH kids to Chongwe, so that ALL the MFH kids from both locations are together. We will be grouping up 2 Teen Mania members with 2 MFH kids, so that the TM people will get to know at least 2 orphans very well and be able to go back home and help to find more sponsors for them. We have also organized games for them to play together in teams - tug of war, 3-legged race, relay race, and a trust walk. We're also bringing in some crafts for them to do together, and prepared a Bible study based on Phil. 2:1-2 for the groups to study together. The kids will also be getting special badges for participating in the events.

The entire day will be based on Philippians 2:1-2, which says : If you have any encouragement from being united with christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with his spirit, with any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like minded.
The idea is to use the different games as examples for the kids to understand the meaning of these verses. For example - tug of war is an example of being united as a team; relay race is an example of being like-minded as a team, etc.

We're excited for the Lusaka kids and the Chongwe kids to spend more time together, and also to see the Teen Mania kids fall in love with these precious, beautiful children.

Please pray for our two Fellowship Days and our second Camp Hope which is starting on Monday.

In Jesus' Love,
Andrea