Thank you very much to all the faithful bloggers who penned their recent group trip to a Compassion International ministry site. Undeniably, my heart was hooked at hello.
Please, meet Christian Alexander Martinez Hernandez of El Salvador, an eight-year-old boy who loves soccer, playing with cars and running. He lives with his father, mother, and three siblings, and has been waiting more than six months for our family to sponsor him. My own tenderhearted eight-year-old son fell in love with him, and the deal, as they say, was sealed.
But who can help just one?
Not we, not we.
May I have the honor of introducing Belem Fatimata, an eleven-year-old girl, living in AIDS-affected Burkina Faso in West Africa with her father, mother, and four siblings. She's a bright young lady who likes jumping rope and playing group games. Although we didn't keep her waiting as long, she was ordained for us just the same.
We may never be blessed enough to visit them personally, but may the Lord be pleased with the fragrant offering of the desire of our hearts to help those who cannot help themselves. Be magnified.
Wonderful! God bless you...
ReplyDeleteWhat a blessing--I've had this ministry in my periphery for years, looking with longing at friends' refrigerators, pasted with similar pictures and stories of children in need.
ReplyDeleteLord willing, we'll be at the place where we can also enjoy giving to these and other children.
Keep up the encouraging work!
--JMH
Oh, it's so not me to be wonderful, but Him.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't long ago that I thought my own kids should be listed on Compassion's website. How far that $32/kid could go each month when you have nothing but charity is a wonder in itself. I guess it's our way of thanking God for making it enough and then more than enough, once we learned to let go of that which doesn't lend itself to survival itself. In His good way, He prepared us to live simply on a single income within a high-end double-income county, once we were reconciled.