Molly's House

   This past week, we were given the sweet opportunity to serve alongside the short term teams of construction crew and camp hope counselors. Through spending some time with this team both on site of camp in Chongwe as well as time outside of that eating a few meals together, I was able to learn a little bit about some of the members on this team and their background with Every Orphan’s Hope. One of the men I got to spend some sweet time with in conversation over dinner one night is named John. John’s family has been invested in the ministry since nearly the beginning, and thus has a huge heart for these kids and the work that is being done over here. About a year and a half ago, John’s wife Molly was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. She fought a tough battle for about four months before the Lord called her home to be with Him last June. After she passed away, John and his family decided to give the money from Molly’s life insurance toward building House 7 in Chongwe Village of Hope. The money donated from Molly’s family was enough to fund the entirety of house 7. Talk about the Lord working all things together for His good. Nearly a year later, this June, House 7 was completed with a Mama and 8 kids moving in to their new home. What a sweet thing to see and be a part of, John seeing not only all the walls of this house up, but 8 new children running around the village of hope, now knowing what it means to have new life, not just in these homes, but first in Christ. After spending the week serving on the construction team for building House 8, John was able to spend some sweet time learning about and getting to know the children living in Molly’s house. What a sweet and special time that was not only for John, but for everyone who got to watch those interactions as well. I never met Molly, nor do I know much about her, but from what I have been told about her, she would have loved seeing these sweet faces running around, and she would have fallen in love with all of them the moment she met them. Her life is continuing to bless people and glorify the Lord, bringing more to Christ and we can do nothing but praise God for that.