When there are 26,000 children dying EVERY SINGLE DAY from starvation or preventable diseases?
December is always a financially stressful month for me, as for many. Christmas shopping isn't the only reason for me, though. There's this pesty Rocky Ridge fire dues that is due every December 31st that increases by like $50 every year. You would think by now a financial planner would put money aside throughout the year for December expenses. Of course, I don't always practice but I preach. This December has been especially stressful with added car expenses, too. God proved to me, once again, though, that He will always provide. It was something small, but yet came at just the right now...
The background is that I re-financed my mortgage back in February when interest rates came down significantly. One day this month I was looking through my accounts and saw something that said, "Special District." I had never seen that charge come up on any of my accounts so at first I was alarmed. Then I noticed it was for the same amount that my fire dues were. I didn't want to get too excited, so I researched a little further on this "Special District" charge. I was able to confirm that my new mortgage company paid the fire dues from my escrow account!!! Wow, thank you God, for reminding me not to stress out!
I was planning to sponsor a child after the holidays so I had been spending a good deal of time reseraching two great organizations, Compassion International and World Vision. When this happened, though, I immediately logged on and picked my child to sponsor instead of waiting until the new year. I knew that God had provided a way for me to have a less stressful December and I wanted to make a difference in someone else's life, too. I thank God for allowing me the opportunity to provide for a better future for sweet little Judele in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa.
Judele is 8 years old. She has 3 sisters and 1 brother. Her mother works as a market vendor but struggles to provide for her family. Judele and her family live in a community that is severely affected by the HIV and AIDS crisis. Only 46% of the people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have access to safe water. Judele is not in school at this time. Her not being in school kind of alarmed me at first until I got more information on where she lives. Only 52% of kids in her country are enrolled in primary school and 48% of Congolese children do not even have access to schools or education of any sort. Many have to work on farms or anywhere else they can find work to generate income for their families. Just what kind of income are their families earning that is worth the sacrifice of an education? The average annual income in her country is $103.
Can you imagine not having access to an education, clean water or working for $103 A YEAR????? I'm guessing your answer is no because we live in America where 92% of children are enrolled in school, 100% of us have access to clean water and the average annual income is $41,400.
I knew we had it better than most, but it's still mind boggling to me to know that 26,000 Talla and Brias are dying from preventible reasons. Not gangs, not violence, not cigarettes, not obesity. They are dying because they do not have ACCESS to the resources that we so quickly take for granted such as clean water, food and vaccinations. So why would I want to wait until next year to provide a better life for a child when she might not even make it another day?
For less than what I feed my DOGS for a month I can provide so much more than just food for her. I have the privellage to not only provide her for financially, but I get to encourage her, uplift her, pray for her, and see God work in her life! I have the opportunity to make sure than 1 less child is dying from starvation or preventible diseases today. God is good! But there are so many other children waiting for you to adopt them, too! I challenge you to go through the pictures on World Vision or Compassion's website and pick out the child whose life you are going to save! If you don't save them, who will?
The background is that I re-financed my mortgage back in February when interest rates came down significantly. One day this month I was looking through my accounts and saw something that said, "Special District." I had never seen that charge come up on any of my accounts so at first I was alarmed. Then I noticed it was for the same amount that my fire dues were. I didn't want to get too excited, so I researched a little further on this "Special District" charge. I was able to confirm that my new mortgage company paid the fire dues from my escrow account!!! Wow, thank you God, for reminding me not to stress out!
I was planning to sponsor a child after the holidays so I had been spending a good deal of time reseraching two great organizations, Compassion International and World Vision. When this happened, though, I immediately logged on and picked my child to sponsor instead of waiting until the new year. I knew that God had provided a way for me to have a less stressful December and I wanted to make a difference in someone else's life, too. I thank God for allowing me the opportunity to provide for a better future for sweet little Judele in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa.
Judele is 8 years old. She has 3 sisters and 1 brother. Her mother works as a market vendor but struggles to provide for her family. Judele and her family live in a community that is severely affected by the HIV and AIDS crisis. Only 46% of the people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have access to safe water. Judele is not in school at this time. Her not being in school kind of alarmed me at first until I got more information on where she lives. Only 52% of kids in her country are enrolled in primary school and 48% of Congolese children do not even have access to schools or education of any sort. Many have to work on farms or anywhere else they can find work to generate income for their families. Just what kind of income are their families earning that is worth the sacrifice of an education? The average annual income in her country is $103.
Can you imagine not having access to an education, clean water or working for $103 A YEAR????? I'm guessing your answer is no because we live in America where 92% of children are enrolled in school, 100% of us have access to clean water and the average annual income is $41,400.
I knew we had it better than most, but it's still mind boggling to me to know that 26,000 Talla and Brias are dying from preventible reasons. Not gangs, not violence, not cigarettes, not obesity. They are dying because they do not have ACCESS to the resources that we so quickly take for granted such as clean water, food and vaccinations. So why would I want to wait until next year to provide a better life for a child when she might not even make it another day?
For less than what I feed my DOGS for a month I can provide so much more than just food for her. I have the privellage to not only provide her for financially, but I get to encourage her, uplift her, pray for her, and see God work in her life! I have the opportunity to make sure than 1 less child is dying from starvation or preventible diseases today. God is good! But there are so many other children waiting for you to adopt them, too! I challenge you to go through the pictures on World Vision or Compassion's website and pick out the child whose life you are going to save! If you don't save them, who will?
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