As a woman, I have a strong longing to change the world - a need to be a part of something bigger than my little day to day challenges. I like to let my mind wander to adventurous scenarios involving children being chased by lions and me singlehandedly saving them. Or small African villages in need of food supply and me, again singlehandedly, bringing them enough food to last them the rest of their lives (all while in heels, of course). I am superwoman after all.
Well...not quite. These fantasies are great until I remember that I have three year old at my feet.
With Hailey constantly needing my motherly attention, changing the world seems unreachable. But it's not. I may not be able to travel to starving African villages or save children from ferocious lions but I can help in a more local way. Children all over the world are dying of simple things like starvation and malnutrition. It's a horribly sad reality that makes me sick. With this thought in mind, I have signed my family up to sponsor, through World Vision, three children in Uganda. Hailey get's the opportunity to learn about children from across the ocean and I get the simple joy of watching her change the world. Who knows, maybe I'm raising a missionary.
www.worldvision.org
Please be in prayer with us as we sponsor these children.
“For God is not unjust to forget your work and your labor of love which you have sown towards His name . . .” (Hebrews 6:10).
Hailey quotes
We were watching The Swan Princess at Tina's house and there's a scene where the prince is fighting a dragon with his sword.
"Mommy look! He's killing that dragon with his sword just like daddy!''
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