Update on Ruth

Ruth is doing better. She and her sisters are staying with Rebecca and she is getting plenty of rest. If you've been praying for her, thank you!

 

You may read statistics of people in the world with malaria and the people are just numbers to you but when someone you know gets a preventable disease let me just tell you...it hits home. Two things have been on my mind all week....

 

I've been thinking about the fact that when I go to Africa I will have a few days worth of "prevention" meds in my system. Every day while in Africa I will be taking a prescription to prevent me from getting malaria and for awhile when I return. There is little to no chance that I will get malaria because I have access to the right medicine. Unfortunately Ruth is not so lucky...why not??

 

The other thing I've been thinking about is the impact $35 a month can make on a person's life. In the few months that I have been Ruth's sponsor I have witnessed her being healed of HIV. She's been given access to an education. She's been fed two meals a day. She's been given room and board, as needed. She's been treated for malaria. If you ask me, out of all my monthly "expenses" my sponsorship is by far the most important and the biggest "return on investment." My sponsorship is sustaining her LIFE! Well, Jesus is, but He is using my resources (well His resources He has entrusted with me).

 

Continue to pray for Ruth as she heals and consider sponsoring a child today!