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Behind the Gate

8/21/2013

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The biggest hugs you've ever felt. Eyes glimmering with hope. You can't help but smile when they smile, and anyone who walks through the gates to a Lifeway Christian Academy in Zambia will never quite be the same when they leave. They are places where lives are transformed.
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For 2 weeks I worked at the school, surrounded by a "wall fence."
Outside the wall-- poverty, neglect, despair, hunger, disease, fear of the future. 
But inside those walls a whole different story develops.
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It's a story of redemption and hope. 
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There's safety within those walls. 
Basic human needs are met there. 
Learning and opportunity are provided.
It's a place where big dreams can begin to form. 
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It's a place where love is the theme of the story and it is going to make all the difference for the children who are blessed to enter through the gate. 
Within the walls of this school a miracle is happening-- 
hope and faith are meeting action and service. 
As a result the people outside the walls of this school are going to see a community and nation transformed!
I'm so thankful I got to participate in what happens inside that gate!
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
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    Why Anything?

    "Anything is a prayer of surrender that will spark something. A prayer that will move us to stop chasing things that just make us feel happy and start living a life that matters. A life that is surrendered, reckless, and courageous." ~Jennie Allen, Anything. 

    This is a place to share the "anythings" that God is writing into the story of my life. 

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    In November of 2013 I moved to Zambia as a full-time missionary with Family Legacy Missions International. Everyone within the organization raises their own support to keep overhead costs at a minimum so donations to the ministry can go directly to the needs and programs for the orphans and vulnerable children we serve. I trust in God's faithfulness to provide monthly and one-time financial supporters for the work I do here for the education of thousands of children from the slum compounds of Lusaka. If you would like to support me, donations are tax deductible and can be made at www.familylegacy.com/alicia
    "God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before Him. When I cleaned up my act, He gave me a fresh start. Indeed, I've kept alert to God's ways; I haven't taken God for granted. Every day I review the way He works, I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to His eyes." 2 Samuel 22:25

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