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http://rebeccakristen.blogspot.com/2010/07/only-jesus-can.html
Recently I was sponsoring a little girl in Congo with World Vision but her family had to relocate and she was no longer in the child sponsorship program. I was so sad. I really wanted to build a relationship with her and one day even visit her. I spent a lot of time “choosing” her out of the countless children posted on World Vision and Compassion’s websites and I was only able to sponsor her for a few months. :( After that experience I put child sponsorship on “hold” and focused my attention on my trip to Guatemala. I knew that God would lead me to the right child to sponsor when He wanted me to sponsor again.
I have been reading several blogs lately on adoption. I am so thankful for the countless families out there that are so transparent in sharing their adoption stories. One lady posted a link to Rebecca’s blog (listed above) so I added it to my Reader but hadn’t really read any posts yet. Yesterday I started reading her blog and was immediately drawn to Ruth and her sisters. She posted in July that she wanted two sponsors for each of the girls. I thought for sure they would all have sponsors by now given that it’s September. I mean surely I wasn’t the only one that read their story and wanted to help, right? Well I contacted Rebecca anyways and she still needed one more sponsor for Ruth and a sponsor for the oldest sister Joyce. I was glad that I was going to be able to sponsor Ruth but saddened by the fact that so much time had passed and no one had stepped up!
Ruth, the youngest, was the one that gripped my heart the most. I mean, really, who rapes a 4 year old? What about a 4 year old’s body can possibly be attractive to a grown man? GROSS! Did this man know he had AIDS and he was infecting these precious innocent girls? What could have possibly gone through his mind? What was going on in their minds when he was doing this to them?
When someone gets AIDS from sharing needles while doing drugs or participates in gay sex I sort of feel like, “well what do you expect?” Not that I don’t care about them, but they did bring that on themselves, ya know. But these three young girls were sent out to get food so they wouldn’t starve to death only to be raped and contracted with HIV. That’s just horrible.
The past couple of weeks I haven’t been as close to God as I would like to be. Dealing with the loss of my little Shrimpie who has been a part of my life for over ½ my life and then welcoming a new puppy into my home (while still loving my sweet Roscoe), I’ve been busy and temporarily distracted. God has a way of bringing his children back to Him, though. He used this little girl to do just that. Ruth reminded me that God loves children all over the whole world, not just the ones in the U.S. and Guatemala. His children are in villages in Uganda, India, Haiti, and everywhere else in between and therefore I needed to, as well. My prayer is to let God love little Ruthie through me. Period. I can’t wait to start shopping for things to send her through Rebecca in November. I pray that one day I can meet this precious child of God this side of heaven!
So what is distracting you from sponsoring a child such as Ruth and her sisters? New dress? New car? Paying off debt? Vacation? PLEASE consider sponsoring a child today! Ruth’s oldest sister Joyce still needs a sponsor. Visit http://www.amazima.org/, http://www.irememberthepoor.org/ or http://www.myfathershouseintl.org/ to find your own little Ruthie to support. There are 147 million orphans in the world and 26,000 children die each day from starvation or preventable diseases. Feed One. Help One. Love One. Sponsor One.
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