Help the Helpless
As many of you know, I went on a life changing experience a
little over two months ago. The mission trip I went on to La Casa De Fe, an
orphanage in Shell, Ecuador, has truly changed my life forever. God has put a
burning heart to serve others inside of me, and my burning heart was on fire
while I was in Ecuador. Ever since I left, I have not gone an hour without
thinking of the orphans of the South American jungle. I wanted to give all I had to those kids and
still do today. Two leaders of my mission trip team put $96 together and were
able to buy the orphanage 1,200 Tilapia. One single Tilapia can feed 2-3
orphans. Can you believe that? $0.08 a fish. The expense of living in Ecuador
is not expensive but when the majority of these 81 kids of La Casa De Fe are not
sponsored, living is not easy. One single dollar a day can change the life of a
child in this orphanage.
In the link below you can go to the La Casa De Fe website to
see what this amazing orphanage is all about. The second link will take you to
the page where you can see the children who are not being sponsored. Maybe you
are trying to find a way to give back, maybe one of these children’s eyes will
look into yours and leave the same mark they left on my heart, or maybe God
will call you to a certain child and you feel the need to help them. I
encourage you to look at the page and just read these beautiful children’s’
stories.
The third link will lead you to a Facebook page titled,
Project Give Five. A family who has truly touched my heart and has inspired me
to go on mission trips created this incredible foundation that encourages
people to give as little as $5 a month to those in need. Their mission is to
empower impoverished families to rebuild their lives, breaking the cycle of
poverty. They are launching with Project Korah. The founder of Project Give Five wrote
the following about Project Korah:
Korah is a trash dump
community made up of over 120,000 people in a two mile radius in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. Korah is made up of lepers, people with HIV, TB and extremely
impoverished people. The average makeshift home is 9x6 and has no running
water, dirt floors, and yet sleeps many. The people of Korah sift through the
trash dump in search of food to eat and recyclables to sell. There are no words
to adequately describe Korah. It is truly heartbreaking to know that there are
people that live in such devastating conditions. Our first goal in helping the
people of Korah is to sponsor fifty families. If 500 people commit to giving $5
a month, we will be able to reach that goal. Sponsorship means these families
will receive food, shelter and education. Their lives will be forever changed
because YOU gave as little as $5/per month. For many of us, that is just one
cup of coffee. Please consider blessing someone you have not even met but
believe is a child of God's just as you are. Help us help the beautiful people
of Korah.
Please consider being a sponsor, no matter who for, what
organization through, or what dollar amount.
Help me change the world.
http://lacasadefe.org/
http://lacasadefe.org/sponsor-a-child/
https://www.facebook.com/projectgivefivefoundation
Yours truly,
Madison Johnson
Miss Teen North Dakota International 2014
