forgive me if my words are disjointed or fuzzy…they are in my head and it is taking a lot of effort to make them make sense on my computer. it’s late (mavericks game is on ESPN – my one and only sport team), i have a head cold (thankful it is not a full body ache cold), and therefore my blood alcohol level is probably about 1.25 due to the amount of nyquil coursing through my veins.
on to the show…
chris and i got a letter from abdukerim, our compassion kid in africa. we had sent him a $25 gift in addition to our sponsorship and he wrote us back letting us know he bought a sheep. a six year old bought a sheep??!!
he lives in a farming region of ethiopia, so i wonder if it’s like when we buy a dog, but better, because it can actually generate income for his family, whereas dogs just poop and pee and slobber and eat pillows.
does it graze in the front yard of his mud house? has he named it? will it have sheep babies? (sheeplets?)
he also asked us if we had sheep in america, so i think we’re going to drive and find some and send him some pictures. oh, and then he asked if we had coffee in america. i have a feeling he and my husband are going to be soul mates.
which, all this compassion stuff reminds me…there are nine blogging strangers-turned-friends who just returned from a compassion trip to the dominican republic. you can read about their adventures here. i can’t wait to read their posts over the next couple of weeks as they process what they have seen.
now, i know you want to get cool letters about sheep and coffee. or maybe you just want to change the outlook of a child’s life. take a look at some kids who need you.
and speaking of kids who need you, myself and about 150 other bloggers have a super big secret to share with you on monday. it was released on the newswire yesterday and has already been picked up by forbes.com and cnbc.com. so i have a small feeling that it could very well make a big dent on this crazy little world. it’s not too late to get involved if you haven’t signed up already. just email me before monday morning and i’ll send you the details.
have a great weekend…
He bought a sheep? Oh, my heart. For income for his family – oh break my heart. What a precious boy.
Mine just sent a picture of his new tennis shoes with the money I sent him. Okay, what is it with this shoe thing – it’s just everywhere for me right now!
Looking forward to Monday!
Thanks for the reminder, Anne. Email sent just now. As always – you and all who read/comment were just prayed for!
May God’s kindness erupt all over the earth!
Anne,
I finished reading Mad Church Disease and posted a review here
i saw your invite on facebook. donated right away. great initiative :)
Speaking of sheep — or goats — I sent $25.00 every year to my sponsored boy in Haiti, Josue, and he always bought a goat. I was wishing he could have a soccer ball or something more fun, but if he had a soccer ball he would probably have to trade it for something more practical, such as a sheep or a goat. When he completed his education, I asked if he had a younger sibling in need of sponsorship, and he did. I now sponsor his brother, Enold. When I got his child packet, guess what it said his responsibility is around the home? Taking care of the HERD OF GOATS! Praise Jesus. Yesterday I received word from Compassion that Enold and Josue’s home was completely destroyed in the hurricanes this summer — they lost everything. Their father is a local Pastor who walks 4 1/2 hours to his church every weekend. Please pray for this family and community with me.
I love how you are changing the world. Yup.
I gave my little girl $10 for her birthday (it was all the money I could afford at the time) and she bought a PIG! A pig! I smiled and cried and told everyone I knew how she spent her money on something for her whole family.
Where I come from it’s quite normal for country kids to have pet lambs – you raise the orphan ones each spring. We used to train them up and take them to a competition day and lead them around a ring and stuff to compete for ribbons…. I really hope your Compassion child is doing more productive things with his as they are really quite stupid animals! What a lot of city people can’t get their head around is that you raise them and then they often got sent to the meat works to be eaten. It was just a fact we had to get used to! Yeah, I know I just reinforced every stereotype of NZ with sharing that…..
My two sponsor kids always write in detail what they bought with their gift money. Cookies, sheets, meat, rice, clothes, etc. Love it.
such a sweet story of your compassion child. i have to admit that it brings tears to my eyes, how much i take everything i have for granted. i definitely need to sponsor a child..
Sheep and goats are HUGE – you have no idea what a gift you’ve given them. If it’s a goat, the family can get milk from it; the wool from the sheep can be used to make warm clothing and blankets, and offspring can be sold in the market for extra family income. Also, sheep and goats are usually part of marriage transactions in which the suitor has to pay the bride’s family in exchange a dowry for her hand in marriage.
It takes so little to make a huge difference!
Thanks for the email… I have joined in on the ‘BIG’ secret and will be posting Monday. God Bless you all.
i am crazy, wicked excited about monday. i have my post all scheduled!!!
LOL @ “sheeplets”
now I have to find the secret announcement. is it the thing abou 50K shoes?