100+ Children Released from Poverty

“No one can do evertything, but everyone can do something.”

There is hope for over the 100+ children that were sponsored through Compassion yesterday at Sagemont Church.  In Awaken, we called one another to act with hope on behalf of those who were born into hopeless situations.  These children, most of whom have families who live on less than $1 a day, are hungry, are in need of education, are in need of medical care, and are in need of real life examples of Jesus Christ. 

Jeanie and I have sponsored Philemoni Lameck Saningu from Tanzania for about 8 years with $32 a month.  Until a few months ago, I had no idea how our small sacrifice on his behalf has literally changed his life.

There are many times that I leave a Sunday morning after preaching to hundreds of people a message I have spent many hours of preparation and prayer on where I am well aware of the fact that many who have heard it will have forgotten most of it by the time they get done with lunch.  There are other times, however, that God gives me an opportunity to see some evidence that people ARE listening and people ARE becoming more like Jesus Christ.  On Sunday, I saw in the eyes of the dozens of people who waited in line pick up their sponsor packets a tenderness, a nervousness, a sincerity that really was incredible.  I will never forget the looks in the faces of those teenagers as I shared with them the very real hope that they have made available to the child in the picture they were holding. 

In ministry, there are hard times and there are good times.  Over the years I have learned that I must really soak up the goodness of the good times, and so here I sit so tender to all that God is doing through the foolishness of my preaching.  May God continue to prosper His Gospel!