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When walking by faith becomes walking by sight.


Camp LIFE 2011 has officially begun and week 3 is already happening!! We have already hosted over 200 Americans and it’s only been two and a half weeks! I feel like my life has been turned upside down. Exhaustion has crept in and coffee has become my best friend. Although exhaustion has set in, the faces of those orphaned children make my day!!


About 6 years ago, my boss Greer heard from God to start a village in Lusaka. Over these years, Family Legacy has acquired 130 acres of land, opened 8 homes, which house about 120 orphaned children, built a school with 10 classrooms, created an area for a pavilion for church, and we are now working on the Legacy Center, where camp will be held for thousands of orphans 30 weeks out of a year. The story of how this village transpired makes me cry every time. I’ve heard Greer recite this story more than 5 times and every single time I’ve found myself weeping by the end. Of course for YOU to hear it, you’ll have to COME TO ZAMBIA!!!

In this 6 year journey for Greer, the one thing that kept pushing him was the thought of thousands of orphans dancing and singing with miles and miles of land around. Many times he would find himself up on the hilltop with his eyes closed envisioning the children. He could see their happy faces and hear their laughter echoing through the trees. Many struggles had to be overcome to get where Family Legacy is today, but God kept encouraging Greer with visions of the children. The organization was walking by faith for 6 years, but we are now physically seeing the harvest.

On Friday of week 1, we no longer had to walk by faith that orphaned children would one day see the beauty of God’s creation. Instead, we walked by sight. About 900 orphaned children jumped off of a bus, they stepped on the land, they danced while viewing the sight of God’s creation, they envisioned themselves as princes and princesses of God’s royal Kingdom, and their laughter echoed through the trees. It was a powerful, powerful moment for all of us. God’s vision became reality. And the only reason it happened is because God wanted it to.


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