Friday, September 30, 2005

Save a Child

I'm sure most, if not all, of you have heard about World Vision and their child sponsorship programs. If you haven't, World Vision is an organization that provides for the physical and spiritual needs of communities all over the world. They are working in war-torn, impoverished, famine-stricken countries, as well as providing emergency relief to communities all over the world.

Nathan and I decided to sponsor a child together through World Vision a few months ago. Her name is Jane and she lives in Uganda. I've actually traveled to Uganda and been to a WV program facility there while I was on a missions trip with a different organization. The staff are amazing people and really do impact the communities both on practical and spiritual levels.

Jane's community is one where HIV/AIDS is prevalent and World Vision is there helping families and the community as well as raising awareness about HIV/AIDS as well as providing assistance to people who's lives have been impacted by the disease.

One awesome thing about sponsorship is that Nathan and I are both able to minister to her by sending letters and stickers and items like that as well as providing the means for her to get an education and proper nutrition and medical care. We hope that someday we'll get to visit her.

Please consider sponsoring a child if you don't already. The sacrifice of $30 (or $35 for a Hope Child in an AIDS/HIV impacted area) isn't really that much compared to the things we buy every day. You could sponsor 2 or 3 kids each day with the money spent on coffee at Starbucks every day for a month!

You can click on the link below to get more information...

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