I just wanted to take a couple of minutes to share an amazing opportunity that Derric and I were given this weekend. We helped out with our church youth group's Discipleship Now weekend where we had a ton of fun playing games, getting into His word, and worshiping with After Edmund a band from Georgia. (I know this email is long but please read what I have to say it's important).
At the concert they had a table of pictures of precious little children from all over the world that need sponsors. Many have horrible means of drinking water and have sores all over their bodies due to the contamination of this water. Many live in areas with great crime and are abused, many live in HIV/AIDS infected areas. I will have to be honest here.... I have seen these commercials on TV and thought that money is not going to those kids well... it is read below.
We watched a video (at the bottom of the page) and after it was over a 16 year old girl from our youth group asked if she could speak, she got up on stage and told us how life changing this was for her. Last year she was at a similar event where Compassion International was there and she talked about how she felt lead to adopt a child. She had no job and was not even old enough to get one, but she felt like she was supposed to do this. So she adopted a little girl and made a means to save her money from her parents that she got for the weekends and stayed home one weekend a month to afford her sponsorship. It is 32.00 a month, which was for her dinner and a movie. This provides a child clean water, food, and christian schooling so that they can learn to read, write and learn about Jesus. She said as soon as she adopted this child she received a letter thanking her for the adoption and how much this meant to the entire family, this brought tears to her eyes knowing what she had done had made such an impact. The letters kept coming... she would also receive pictures the little girl drew for her and they both wrote to each other all the time. This 16 year old girl plans to visit her when she turns 18, she says it has been the best investment she has ever made and is truly rewarding.
That touched me in such a way, how often do we spend thirty-two dollars and have nothing to show for it? Literally how much does 32.00 get you here in the United States?
We were so moved by this we decided to sponsor a child, she is a little girl from Rwanda Africa, she lives in an HIV/AIDS infected area. She is eight years old and her name is Irakoze Uwamurera (her picture is above). Her birthday is Oct 27, 2001, she makes her home with her mother. Carrying water and helping her mother in the kitchen are her household duties. Her mother is sometimes employed as a farmer. Uwamurera has two other siblings that live with them. She enjoys playing dolls, jumping rope, and playing ball games. In Kindergarten she was an average student and she likes to attend church. Most of the homes in the area consist of dirt floors, mud walls, and tin roofs. The primary ethnic group is Banyarwanda and the commonly spoken language is Kinyarwanda. They typically eat maize, beans, bananas, cassava, beef, rice and potatoes. Common health problem in the area is malaria and worms. Most adults are unemployed but some work making approx, 5.00 per month (wow). This community needs affordable secondary education. The Compassion sponsorship allows the staff of Restortations Taba Student Center to provide bible teaching, health screening nutritious food, hygiene and nutrition education, games, and more.
We are so excited to write her the first letter, and send to her a bible. Please pray for Uwamurera your love and prayers will help her to receive the assistance she needs to grow and develop.I didn't write this to be showy or boastful, I did it so that I could share with you how something so small can make a difference in somone else's life. What a little bit is to us is so much more than we could imagine to them. I encourage you to sponsor a child today and touch a child's life there are thousands to be sponsored. You can go online at http://www.compassion.com/ you can find a child with the same birthday as you or your child or maybe find a child who has similar interest as you. Each child's information is very informative. The bible says ....and whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me. Matthew 18:5
This is the video we saw that completley touched our hearts, please watch it. It is on my sidebar
I just wanted to take a couple of minutes to share an amazing opportunity that Derric and I were given this weekend. We helped out with our church youth group's Discipleship Now weekend where we had a ton of fun playing games, getting into His word, and worshiping with After Edmund a band from Georgia. (I know this email is long but please read what I have to say it's important). At the concert they had a table of pictures of precious little children from all over the world that need sponsors. Many have horrible means of drinking water and have sores all over their bodies due to the contamination of this water. Many live in areas with great crime and are abused, many live in HIV/AIDS infected areas. I will have to be honest here.... I have seen these commercials on TV and thought that money is not going to those kids well... it is read below. We watched a video (the link is listed at the bottom of the page) and after it was over a 16 year old girl from our youth group asked if she could speak, she got up on stage and told us how life changing this was for her. Last year she was at a similar event where Compassion International was there and she talked about how she felt lead to adopt a child. She had no job and was not even old enough to get one, but she felt like she was supposed to do this. So she adopted a little girl and made a means to save her money from her parents that she got for the weekends and stayed home one weekend a month to afford her sponsorship. It is 32.00 a month, which was for her dinner and a movie. This provides a child clean water, food, and christian schooling so that they can learn to read, write and learn about Jesus. She said as soon as she adopted this child she received a letter thanking her for the adoption and how much this meant to the entire family, this brought tears to her eyes knowing what she had done had made such an impact. The letters kept coming... she would also receive pictures the little girl drew for her and they both wrote to each other all the time. This 16 year old girl plans to visit her when she turns 18, she says it has been the best investment she has ever made and is truly rewarding.
That touched me in such a way, how often do we spend thirty-two dollars and have nothing to show for it? Literally how much does 32.00 get you here in the United States? We were so moved by this we decided to sponsor a child, she is a little girl from Rwanda Africa, she lives in an HIV/AIDS infected area. She is eight years old and her name is Irakoze Uwamurera (her picture is attached). Her birthday is Oct 27, 2001, she makes her home with her mother. Carrying water and helping her mother in the kitchen are her household duties. Her mother is sometimes employed as a farmer. Uwamurera has two other siblings that live with them. She enjoys playing dolls, jumping rope, and playing ball games. In Kindergarten she was an average student and she likes to attend church. Most of the homes in the area consist of dirt floors, mud walls, and tin roofs. The primary ethnic group is Banyarwanda and the commonly spoken language is Kinyarwanda. They typically eat maize, beans, bananas, cassava, beef, rice and potatoes. Common health problem in the area is malaria and worms. Most adults are unemployed but some work making approx, 5.00 per month (wow). This community needs affordable secondary education. The Compassion sponsorship allows the staff of Restortations Taba Student Center to provide bible teaching, health screening nutritious food, hygiene and nutrition education, games, and more. We are so excited to write her the first letter, and send to her a bible. Please pray for Uwamurera your love and prayers will help her to receive the assistance she needs to grow and develop.
I didn't write this email to be showy or boastful, I did it so that I could share with you how something so small can make a difference in somone else's life. What a little bit is to us is so much more than we could imagine to them. I encourage you to sponsor a child today and touch a child's life there are thousands to be sponsored. You can go online at www.compassion.com you can find a child with the same birthday as you or your child or maybe find a child who has similar interest as you. Each child's information is very informative.
The bible says ....and whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me. Matthew 18:5
This is the video we saw that completley touched our hearts, please watch it.
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