Zambia Bound

God has led our family on an amazing journey over the past year and a half. Last July when I (Cheryl) traveled to Zambia, I fell in love with so many things; but most importantly I went from loving God to being in love with God. There is no other way to explain it. When I came home, the only thing I knew was that I would go back to Zambia and that I was meant to serve the Lord through Every Orphan's Hope (EOH); but I had no idea where God would lead me.

Through many struggles and much prayer, I have gone from serving the Lord at Camp Hope as a teacher to serving as the AfricaTrek Coordinator for Every Orphan's Hope. Those of you that know me well, know I'm far from the most obedient person in the world and as God led me to this position, I feared the responsibility and questioned it every step of the way, especially when many close to me had opted not to return to Zambia this year. Those who I would depend on the most were slowly removed from the trip until it was just God and I. So, I did what I do best when God finally shoved it in my face; I surrendered; there was no other place to go.

All I can say is how I am amazed at the way he leads us. I am so unworthy, I say this often, but am loving every step of the way in this journey. God has blessed EOH with a number of amazing individuals that have stepped forward to serve in Africa this year and I am thankful to have the privilege to come along with them this year as their leader.

So I thought God couldn't amaze me any further, but about a month ago, Peter (my husband) decided to come with me to Zambia to teach during Camp Hope. I'm sure he will add his own journey on this blog as we are currently sharing it. This has been a long journey and it has been a struggle for him to decide if he was going because of God or me...God won again. How does that keep happening?

So where does this leave us?

In regards to our girls, we have had some amazing individuals step forward to offer to watch them, Alyson (5 yrs) and Brittan (4 yrs). We are so thankful to both our sisters who will be caring for them while we are away, along with our friends who have offered to make themselves available to them for the breaks they will need.

Finances...well. That's a different story. Since I knew I was returning, I had 3 successful garage sales, gave up my Christmas presents for EOH donations and only needed a small amount of donations that were covered by friends and family so I managed to complete all fund raising with little to no difficulty....but as I said Peter did find that it was time for him to go too. We have really both been "Spoken Into Motion" throughout this last year and a half. So we are in need of funds for this trip after all. If you are interested in helping, please go to the How Can I Help post.


This whole journey has been a true joy as I look back. So now I look forward with excitement and a bit of hesitation as to where He will lead me next. Obedience is such a struggle; but I'm trying. I pray for obedience constantly and what I find is that the more I pray about it, the more opportunities I get to learn it; isn't it funny how that works. I would pray for something else, but since He knows my heart, there's no point.


I would like to ask that you also pray for the widows and orphans in Zambia that we are so blessed to serve through the Lord and the Every Orphan's Hope ministry.