my friend alison asked me if i had heard about the crisis going on in haiti over the last several days. i hadn’t. evidently with all the climate issues this little planet is having, rice and other basic staple foods have gone up over 50% in price in the last year, and the effects are being felt now.
haiti is having an especially difficult time getting food imported to their country. and the food they do have, nobody can afford it. 80% of haitians live on under $2/day.
just last night on the news, chris and i saw something that made my mouth drop to the floor. since they’re unable to get food in, those living in poverty…well, just watch this video.
could you imagine having to eat dirt?
i thought today of the children living in haiti. aaron is in the process of adopting two beautiful children from a rescue there. i went to compassion’s site to see how many kids had been waiting over 6 months for a sponsor. SEVENTEEN! wow.
so, i’d like to take a second to introduce you to appeson paul. he’s 5.
Appeson lives with his father and his mother. At home, duties include gathering firewood and running errands. His father is sometimes employed as a farmer and his mother is sometimes employed as a farmer.
For fun, Appeson enjoys playing with marbles and playing group games. He attends church activities regularly and is in pre-school where his performance is average.
you know the drill. APPESON HAS BEEN SPONSORED – THANK YOU!! click HERE to be taken to appeson’s sponsorship page. please do not click the “select this child” button on that page unless you are sure you want to sponsor him (as that will make his page unavailable for at least an hour, and someone else might miss a providential opportunity).
please become a light in this little boy’s very dark world right now. your sponsorship is guaranteed to assist in providing for all of his needs, and will touch his family as well. and either way, if you sponsor him, another child, or don’t…please pray for him, and all the children in haiti right now.
if you click on appeson’s page and it says he has been sponsored, sweet! you can click here and sponsor another child.
derrick sponsored a child i had posted about a few weeks ago. he just got his first letter. read about it here.
