Five Still Left!

Today our SonDay service centered around sponsoring children. I had intended to have information from World Vision as well as TSA materials available, but World Vision did not get their stuff to me in time (ordered 2 weeks ago). So our entire presentation dealt with sponsoring children at Salvation Army run projects around the world. For only $20 a month, you can sponsor a child in almost any part of the world you can imagine.

We had pictures, names and information on 13 children all waiting to be sponsored. We showed pictures and names on the screen and shared some personal information about many of the children. When all was said and done, the wonderful people of Bangor had agreed to sponsor 8 of the 13 (Our Men's Club even agreed to sponsor a young man)! And that with a bad weather day with heavy snow and ice (much lower attendance than we had hoped).

Earlier, when opening the materials, I was drawn to Daniele. Knowing we already sponsor a child (Miriam, in Mexico), I made Daniele (from Brazil) available to be sponsored with the rest of the children while secretly hoping no one would choose her, so we could do so anyway. At the end of the service, one last person was hovering over the pictures to make their choice. I could no longer hold my breath, so I quietly slid Daniele's picture under them all, so she was not seen. Whew! She was still available (heh, heh), so Debbie & I agreed to take Daniele!

Isn't she just adorable?

Are you sponsoring a child? There are so many who need your help. We still have 5 children available for sponsorship. I hope we can get five more people (or groups) to step up to the plate and help these kids. Twenty bucks is so little, yet it does so much when put to this incredible use.

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You'll also want to check out Alberta's blog (one of our teens) about her choice to be a sponsor. She got together with another of our teens, Cylie (or is that Cindy?) to sponsor Gabriela. You GO girls! You're both awesome!

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