Here´s to you!
I guess at some point i´ll get around to writing my blogs regarding my last few weeks here…as in specific events, but after receiving some emails today I really felt compelled to write a blog of thanks to all of the generous people who have given towards this trip to Bolivia (past and present)! Some of you will know, I started to run out of money very recently and felt the need to share some of the needs I was aware of amoung the kids, with some of my friends and family to see who could help! I have literally felt like a water fountain giving and giving and giving towards various needs I have seen here..even more so than in times gone past! Its always a very humbling thing to do, ask for money, but after 4 years of working here with the poor, there comes a time when meeting the need becomes more important than loosing a little pride!
So I sent the email, and I am very blessed to say people are responding….as they always do! I must say God is very faithful to meet the needs of his children, and thats exactly what they (the people I reach here) are! GOD´s CHILDREN!
But I use the term I very very lightly! Because number one, I believe it is God, through me that is reaching these children in a very physical, emotional and practical way. But secondly its YOU the person/people who send me that are also being the hands and feet of Jesus to the poor people of Bolivia!
Yesterday I felt overwhelmed by the need and I confess I really felt a bit weiry and a little discouraged about a few situations…why? well atleast partly MONEY! Money doesnt make the world go around, but it certainly helps it spin! And there is no doubt that you can do nothing without it! Over the past 7 yrs or so, I have been living what Christians refer to as a life of Faith. That means I havent had a regular permanent income for sometime, and as much as I have worked a bit over that time, a large part of my income as been received ´by faith´ that is I pray and believe God for the money. I could (and have) shared a few testimonies of how God has quite miraculously ´sent´ money to me, and miraculously connected me to people who I hadnt even met who heard about me and felt compelled to give! But also, his provision has come through sharing my needs with others to see if they can/want to help and believe me in this current climate, and understanding that people dont generally want to give for nothing, I count it a miracle and incredibly generous that people do!
So that´s why I say as much as I am here being the practical help to these children I simply can not do that without the money that comes from many of you! So thank you so so much for every penny you have given, give and will give to help the children God has called me to reach! I want you to know that you are literally helping change lives and there is evidence of that in some of the blogs I have written. Children no longer living on the streets, and their children being given a brighter future!
So once again here´s to YOU the person who has generously given to change a life be it $1 or $50 YOU are helping to make a difference in the world! God Bless you for doing that!
Till next time blogging pals…a very grateful ME!
