Angel Tree

Zainabu, has so little, which is apparent by her outfit when Christabel came for a home visit.

Our blessed high school students. Mama Anita has watched over Vitalis and Rephe-two high achievers in need. Christa took up Joan's case so she would not be married off (she is not pictured here.) And Christa, Terah, Eleanor, Cyntreva, Mike, Shanker, Jerilyn and LeeAnne have taken up these others. What a blessing to go to high school in a poverty stricken area where many bright minds languish. With my email changes and other excuses, I couldn't find the best pictures for each of them.

Benjamin. Thanks to David for a perfect head shot of this sweet little guy. Some of the Angel Tree photos will look just like this.

This is Judith's baby, Brighton, whom we recently welcomed into the world. I'd like to add the children of my staff. Even though Judith is married and she works for me, her salary is so tiny that it doesn't give this baby the best chance in life. I pray for all our children that Malaria and Typhoid would be far from them, that they would recover in every illness and be strong and grow in the Lord.

 

 

As I prepare for Angel Tree at Christa's, I am so blessed that we have so many children sponsored. Many people have lost their jobs in this economy or struggled financially, but God raises up others to take their place. Thanks to General Donors Kevin, Lorrie, Christa, and Liz, I am able to cover children and keep them in the program with an extra 50 or 100 that is dependable each month.

 

Anita and Christa really partner together with me and the Lord in our work for this beloved community. It is so FUN to work for their benefit! Thank you, sponsors, for your generosity and love in the Lord. What good you are doing. It is money but it changes so much. I am frustrated when I hear some people use the worst excuses for not giving. Definitely, some people think throwing money at a problem won't solve it. Must we SOLVE problems like poverty and sickness? How about just alleviating them for needy people???????

 

I thank God that Christa doesn't feel like that and her church is offering her this opportunity to present our children. Some of our children are already really blessed, like Emily who received $85 worth of stuff from her sponsor for gifts, so does she NEED more Christmas?? Well......do you? And yet God gives our children 10,000x more than they need and so who am I to hold back on Emily? I am keeping her in the Angel Tree! (Yet we will put a star by the several who have no extra gift yet.)God is going to send her an abundance and let her house feel like GOD HAS COME! as they see a tangible evidence that some stranger from across the world PICKED HER to give and bless. BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL!

 

SO WE ARE REJOICING AT GENEROSITY!! Clearly GOD is moving among us. His Love is moving among us. Yes, I am preaching to the choir. My readers are loving and giving and changing the world. They are working for others from God's heart within. You, my friend, have done marvelous things through the Holy Spirit.

 

We have 38 children blessed! We have 16 employees working and blessing their community! We have well over 100 computer students gaining knowlege and some even gaining jobs or prepared for college! We have sick children who received medical care. We have pastors getting bikes, village children eating, toys and clothes for Christmas, school fees paid, families rejoicing together, a loving community family, a light on a hill. Jesus is lifted up! God is glorified in our love for one another! We have brought HOPE to desperate situations by the power of the Holy Spirit!

 

And Jesus is our reward.

It is HE who did all our good through us.