This weekend JoyAnna (5) was wondering how it is that God can hold all the children in Heaven in His lap at one time. Do they have to take turns? Josiah (8) surmised that it wouldn't be that hard because there probably aren't that many children in Heaven since most people die when they're older.
It grieved me to inform him that thousands of children die every day around the world. According to UNICEF's progress of nations report, 21,000 children die daily. And they're dying from poverty, hunger and easily preventable diseases and illnesses.
And that's when Bryan spoke up and reminded us why we are planning a trip to Uganda. Our primary goal in visiting Amazing Grace Children's Home is to share life and faith with our friends for a couple of weeks and learn more about how the local Christians are confronting the devastation caused by war and disease. Our secondary goal is to plan a kids' camp for the children of Amazing Grace (a man on our team is a Christian camp director in Texas). A third goal is to raise funds for the construction of new buildings at Amazing Grace Children's Home.
Do you have a minute to meet some of the faces of poverty...and hope? Here's a lovely video that a compassionate Lahash traveller created of our friends in Adjumani, Uganda:
It grieved me to inform him that thousands of children die every day around the world. According to UNICEF's progress of nations report, 21,000 children die daily. And they're dying from poverty, hunger and easily preventable diseases and illnesses.
And that's when Bryan spoke up and reminded us why we are planning a trip to Uganda. Our primary goal in visiting Amazing Grace Children's Home is to share life and faith with our friends for a couple of weeks and learn more about how the local Christians are confronting the devastation caused by war and disease. Our secondary goal is to plan a kids' camp for the children of Amazing Grace (a man on our team is a Christian camp director in Texas). A third goal is to raise funds for the construction of new buildings at Amazing Grace Children's Home.
Do you have a minute to meet some of the faces of poverty...and hope? Here's a lovely video that a compassionate Lahash traveller created of our friends in Adjumani, Uganda:
You are inspiring! Love that you are doing this. May God increase your tribe! (Hayden)
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