One Family Campaign

Ethiopia Trip Pictures

Here are just a few pictures from Jon's trip. So much to be done over there, and you can help. Read about it HERE.

Sweet singing. :)

This picture is taken at AHOPE,

which is a child development center for HIV+ children.

They eat 3 meals a day and attend 7 days a week.

One of our favorite friends over there, Abel.

Jon traveled with Knox Co. Commissioner, Mike Hammond.

Our other favorite person, Birtukan. We LOVE her!

This is our little girl we sponsor, Fantanesh,

wearing her new dress Jon brought her.

Happy kids.

He bought this bushel of bananas for 30 birr, which is a little less than $2.

Early morning fishermen at Lake Awassa.

African Huts.

One family, with two older boys seen here,

has taken in a little girl as a foster child.

Here she is. Isn't she the cutest thing? :)

Video of Jon's Trip to Ethiopia - WATE

HERE is the actual link since I've chopped off the side of the video.

Sharing

"All the believers were united in heart and mind.

And they felt that what they owned was not their own,

so they shared everything they had."

Acts 4:32

Sharing. It's so important. We teach our children how to share. In fact, we make them. It's essential to development. It's crucial for relationships. It's a verb. An action. It's continual. But where along the way do we lose this?

We share pens, we girlfriends share shoes, our kids share toys, we neighbors share a couple eggs, we share workout tips (I don't, but Jon does;), we share ideas, we share struggles, we share opinions, we share sadness and happiness.

With our friends.

With those who can give something back.

But what about those who can't share anything back with us? They can't lend you a cup of sugar, or an egg, or a pair of shoes. And not just because they live 5,000 miles away. It's because they have nothing. NOTHING. They live in a mud hut or a shack made out of pieces of metal. They're covered in flies. They don't have any food and their children may not eat. Two of my children lived like this for almost 3 years of their lives.

Ignorance is bliss. But is it really? It's not ignorance when you've read it over and over in the Bible and when you've heard it preached time and time again. It's disobedience.

Here is a picture of our little girl we sponsor. She's 9 years old. (Jack is 6 in this picture.) We were so fortunate to be able to meet her last year while we were in Ethiopia. Because of a sponsorship, she is able to stay with her mother. She's able to go to school. She's able to eat and thrive. And to hear about the love of Jesus.

All for only $30 a month. That's one Chick-fil-a meal for my family. Or a pair of Yellowbox flip-flops. Or one month of a gym membership that I don't use. Or one month of data package on my iPhone.

They're real people that Jesus loves. Will you love them too? Will you share?

CLICK HERE to find a child to sponsor.