We received news this past weekend that we received our 16th child at the House of Faith Orphanage in Silembe, Zambia. A message from Jo Anne, our Director of the Orphanage, follows(edite):
Hello, hope this finds your day in the Lord beautiful as ours is!
Well, God has blessed us with another child. Her name is Evelyn Parknson. No, that's that's not an error -that's how they spell it.
She has been living with her grandmother in Livingstone. She is 23 months old. Evelyn has an older brother who is 5 and grandmother is taking care of him also. The mother and father are 
both alive. The father is known but has nothing to do with the child. The mother is on drugs and alcoholic. The grandmother is 67 yrs old. She brought Evelyn to the Social Welfare dept. in Livingstone. They in turned called us and ask if we could take her.
both alive. The father is known but has nothing to do with the child. The mother is on drugs and alcoholic. The grandmother is 67 yrs old. She brought Evelyn to the Social Welfare dept. in Livingstone. They in turned called us and ask if we could take her. We picked up Evelyn on Friday. She is staying with us here in Kalomo until I go back out on Tuesday. She is a real city girl, doesn't like her hands dirty, and is used to being the center of attention. So she will go through a real adjustment time. Here is her picture. Evelyn was born Sept. 22, 2006, and is from Livingstone. Her Mother is alive, and is addicted to drugs and alcohol. Her father is also alive, but has abandoned Evelyn.
For more information on Silembe and the House of Faith Orphanage go to our home page at www.globalorphanrelief.org and click on SILEMBE STORY to better understand our vision for the community. For recent scenes from Zambia, see our Zambia 2008 slide show that is also available on our home page or can be seen below.
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