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I’m Bad

This is one of my favorite pictures from Camp LIFE 2009. This kid looks like Michael Jackson walking down the street in one of his videos.
Camp LIFE 2009

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Aggie and Baby Joe

Two of my favorite kids at the Tree of Life, Agness and Baby Joe. I met Agness at Camp LIFE 2009 and was drawn to her smile and joy. Although she is 9, she is about the size of a 6 year old due to malnutrition. Joe and I became best friends the first day [...]
Staying at the CRC

Our Community Resource Centers become an emergency home for many kids. Here are a few kids who lived at the Matero CRC.
Surrounded

We held crusade with teaching and worship in some of the compounds of Lusaka as a way to minister to the communities. I attended one and drew a big crowd as the only muzungu (white person) around.
New Shoes

Each kids who comes to Camp LIFE gets a brand new pair of shoes. That’s over 15,000 pair we give out each year. Here are Mindy’s girls with their new kicks.
About the Tree of Life

Click to watch a video about the Tree of Life Children’s Village
Hey There

Here is one of my favorite pictures from around Lusaka. Most of the houses in the compounds of Lusaka are one-room, cinder block houses with these curtains for doors.
The Boys

Here is my group of guys from Kabanana at Camp LIFE 2008. They each got new shirts and a bandana to wear on Friday. Little did they know they would be getting a new fleece jacket in just a few hours.
Tuesday Market

This is a big Farmer’s Market held every Tuesday in Lusaka where you can get all kinds of fresh vegetables. The little boy who carried our bags asked if we could buy him a pair of shoes instead of paying him. We of course took him immediately.
Trampoline

The trampoline (or jumping castle as they call it) at the Tree of Life gets a lot of love everyday. There are 63 kids living at the Tree of Life right now and they jump on it everyday. The construction crew is working on building a new net for it.
Community Resource Centers

We opened Community Resource Centers in 2008 all around Lusaka to give us a permanent presence in the community. Our staff lives and works out of there CRCs and kids are free to come by anytime especially if they are in trouble.
Aggie

Aggie is the girl Mindy and I sponsor at the Tree of Life Children’s Village. She lived in a one room house with 10 other people before and was very malnourished.