a sister

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:  to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."  James 1:27

 

 

 

Meet Milineyeme!

 

 

 

 

Milineyeme is six years old.

 

She lives in Ethiopia and she is now part of our family.

 

We are sponsoring Mili through Children's HopeChest

Meet Shakira!

 

 

 

 Shakira is five years old.

 

She lives in Uganda and she is now part of our family.

 

We are sponsoring Shakira through World Vision.

 

Our boys have insisted for some time that we need a sister.  And now we have TWO!!

 

These sisters join a brother, Bayardo.

 

 

Bayardo is nine years old.

 

He is from Nicaragua.

 

We are sponsoring Bayardo through Compassion International.

 

I have always said I wanted six kids!!

 

Why sponsor?  There are so many, you say?  Would it really make any difference you ask?

 

Each child is a precious creation.  If even one is saved, we have won a great victory in the eyes of the our Savior.

 

"A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement. She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!” The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked up at the man and replied,“Well, I made a difference to that one!”The old man looked at the girl inquisitively and thought about what she had done and said. Inspired, he joined the little girl in throwing starfish back into the sea. Soon others joined, and all the starfish were saved". - adapted from the Star Thrower by Loren C. Eiseley

 

We can still change the world, if we only believe that we have been granted the power to do it!

 

“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.”  Mother Teresa