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Interior Decorating is NOT My Thing

Yesterday was a great day, until I had to go shopping. I started the morning off at Destiny School where we have some of our children in our Child Sponsorship program. They were having an assembly and were handing out prizes for the kids from each class that made the…

Alissa Rosebrough

September 14, 2012

Unexpected Responsibility

When I first started Arise Africa with John, I thought it would be this small ministry type thing that we took Americans over once a year and did a random project. I predicted we would collect some money, not a lot, and jump on a plane and help some folks…

Alissa Rosebrough

September 9, 2012

Orphanage Update

Ok folks the orphanage is coming along. We have kitchen cabinets going in a few weeks. We have pantry shelving and library shelving going in this week. We polished the floors the other day thanks to the Showell Family’s Susan who is a rockstar. THANKS SHOWELLS AND SUSAN and your…

Alissa Rosebrough

September 6, 2012

Our Elephant Loving Summer Intern…

Last fall I received a phone call from a girl that was studying at UT and needed a summer internship with a non-profit. She had to get school credit for it, which I thought I could pull off, and make us look legit enough. Carly and I spoke on the…

Alissa Rosebrough

August 25, 2012

New Friends, New Space

Well it has taken us a couple of weeks, but we are finally settled in the new Dallas Arise Africa office! We love the new location on Kidwell: it’s cool, close to Whole Foods and we have some lovely neighbors! Everyone welcomed us with open arms, even our new critter…

Alissa Rosebrough

July 26, 2012

Last Day of Kids Camp

Yesterday we celebrated the last day of kid’s camp with jumping castles, obstacle courses and hot dogs! Our kids could hardly contain their excitement, and we literally had to pull them off of the bounce houses to move to the next activity. All of our stations were action packed, from…

Alissa Rosebrough

July 1, 2012

Shields of Armor

Today was our fourth day of Kid’s Bible Camp and one of the most exciting by far! Our Americans and Zambian staff help walk the kids through the compound to camp everyday and it is quite an experience! Sometimes you are jumping over ditches, dodging cars, and trying to keep…

Alissa Rosebrough

June 28, 2012

Kids Bible Camp in Action!

Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see” Kid’s Camp has started, and we have been having an amazing time teaching our kids about faith! Some of our team welcomed new members this weekend, while the others enjoyed…

Alissa Rosebrough

June 27, 2012

Abundant Joy

Yesterday, the teachers completed their second day of teacher training with great success. They gave the Zambian teachers their first lesson on reading using phonics and ended the day by teaching them how to teach Bible stories through skits with their students. The skits were incredibly entertaining! They performed the…

Alissa Rosebrough

June 20, 2012

Teacher Training Begins

From Madeline, Today marked the first day of teacher training, and honestly it could not have gone better. We started the morning with “Get to Know You Bingo.” Ernest, from Miracle Life, quickly made the rounds to get to know everyone and won! One of our first discussions involved writing…

Alissa Rosebrough

June 18, 2012

The Teachers Are Here

Well the teaching team from the U.S. finally made it to Zambia and has had an action packed two days! Friday, we went to visit both Grace Community School and Destiny Community School. The students were incredibly excited to see us, and we caused quite a distraction in the classrooms.…

Alissa Rosebrough

June 16, 2012

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Interior Decorating is NOT My Thing

Unexpected Responsibility

Orphanage Update

Our Elephant Loving Summer Intern…

New Friends, New Space

Last Day of Kids Camp

Shields of Armor

Kids Bible Camp in Action!

Abundant Joy

Teacher Training Begins

The Teachers Are Here

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