Zambia Video

This video is a personal walk through some of my more emotional days and times during my trip in May. The first girl is our "ex" sponsored child Agness. She is not in the sponsorship program anymore but we have chosen to keep in contact with her because I will be going back and forth and will be able to see her when I am there. We are very fortunate that we have the option to continue our relationship with her. She is my daughter Brianne's age and it is difficult seeing the difference in the lives that they lead.
Then there is Precious and her children. Sheryl and I went and prayed with her at the end of my 2nd day out with the widows who I am involved with now. We were both tired and hot and I had packed up my camera for the day as I thought we would only be there for a couple of minutes. We were going to go and pray with her as she had just lost her husband a couple months before and has 4 children of her own and was caring for an orphan. As we filed in (all 15-20 of us) to her house and sang songs and met her and her family, something inside me said, "get your camera out." I argued with God(surprise, surprise)and said in my head that it is all packed up and we are leaving soon. I finally stopped arguing and got my camera out just in time to take a picture of Sheryl praying with her. Then, we stepped outside and all her kids happen to be right there and I had Sheryl take a picture of us. At the time, I didn't know why I took that one either. We said goodbye and left. That was Thursday...Saturday night I got a call from Reberiah, my connection with these widows, who told me then that Precious had died on Friday....Had I not taken out my camera these 5, now orphans, would not have a picture of their mother. Nor would her story be able to be told. This was a very sobering night as the reality of why we were there, why we have to get involved, get dirty, be apart of these people's lives, was so very clearly shown. The reality that there are now 5 more orphans in Africa....

 Never let go, by David Crowder Band