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I know what I’m doing this summer.

kim — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:00:45 +0000

Foundation for His Ministry is a ministry that has served the poor in Mexico for over 40 years in several locations. The ministry’s Baja location began as an orphanage, but has grown to a multi-faceted ministry that is serving it’s community in whatever way it can.

This is Lorena. She came to the Baja orphanage last year, when her mother could no longer provide for her. Lorena’s future is not clear, but for now she is thriving in a place where adults love on her, teach her, and provide a sense of security. At Christmas, each of our kids received a picture of Lorena as a gift, as our family is now sponsoring part of Lorena’s care.

In July, we are going to meet Lorena. A group of 35 people from our church will travel to Mexico to serve at the Baja ministry location. Groups like ours come year round to provide support to those who work in these locations by doing ‘dirty work’…. mundane tasks…. whatever….. so that those who are there to care for the kids can spend their time doing that.

Our kids will be the only children in our group. They are tremendously excited. Our prayer is that as a result of this trip, they will have a view of a bigger world, a heart filled with more of God’s love, and hands and feet propelled to help those who are hopeless.

I know what I’m doing this summer.

Blogging to save lives.

kim — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:34:00 +0000

You’ve probably heard of Compassion International, an child-sponsorship organization with the mission of ‘releasing children from poverty in Jesus’ name’. And, clearly, you’ve heard of blogging. Compassion International is the first organization of its kind to use the power of blogging to spread its message.

This week Compassion took about 15 bloggers to Uganda to write about the work being done there. I have been following some of these writers for a while, and love their perspective, wisdom, humor, and openness. There are stay-at-home moms in this group, musicians, photographers, graphic designers, business people…. people just like us. I met four of them at the re:create conference last week, and can tell you that they are open to wherever God leads through this trip.

There’s a link on my sidebar that links to the blogs as well as other info about Compassion. Or, go here for a complete list of bloggers on the Compassion site. These are the blogs that I’ve been reading for a while:

Anne Jackson Carlos Whittaker
Heather Whittaker
Shaun Groves
Sophie / Boomama
Randy Elrod

Consider spending some time reading, and journey with these writers as they attempt to describe unfathomable need, and amazing stories of God’s provision.

Maybe you’ll be inspired to participate.