Worth It All

One pair of jeans. 

One dinner out at a restaurant.

  3 or 4 coffees a week from the espresso stand.

2 music CDs. 

It is small thing.

But it is a big thing for them.

Every 2 seconds a child dies from food or water related illness.

  And we, if we give but a little, can change that for one child, or two, or three. 

  Last spring, our daughter received a letter from one of our Compassion children, 

8 year old Anna from Kenya, thanking her for the Christmas gift she received.

  It was a bag of flour, some lard and a dress. 

Because of our support, Anna is able to attend a school, learn about Jesus,

and her family benefits with good food.


Each of our daughters have supported a child for the past three years,

and all of us share a third child. 

Sometimes, caring for three extra children may seem like a burden,

but then, I can look around me at all we have and know 

that we are blessed with plenty and are well able to give.
One badly written letter and sweet little picture will endear your heart 

to think less of your own comforts

and more for this little one who needs you 

to be the blessed hands and feet of Jesus in their desperate world.


It is  a small thing, and very much worth it all.