Kids Pay For Well!

I am so happy to report that the new well in Thailand is operating perfectly! Even more exciting is the news that the children at the VBS at All Saints Lutheran Church in Worthington, OH presented me with a check at the closing program on Friday for $1300. That makes for a two-week total of $2300! Add to that the $1000 of matching funds I was able to secure from Thrivent Financial and we raised 100% of the cost of drilling the new well!

This past Thursday, I was able to visit two of the classrooms and found out how these kids went about raising the funds. Amazing how these kids "get it" when many of the adults just don't. They made a number of personal financial sacrifices because they were comitted to getting the orphanage a new well. Some of the kids contributed their birthday money, some their allowance and one young boy gave half of his savings account!

One little girl who attended the first week's session was so moved by the needs of the orphans of Asia's Hope, spent the weekend running a lemonade stand. She came back to VBS on Monday and contributed all of the $30 she raised!

These children know they can make a difference, and what a wonderful thing to learn this at such a young age. If the future of the world depends upon children like these at All Saints Lutheran Church, good things are sure to happen!

God Bless you and thanks to EVERYONE who has contributed to the orphans in SE Asia in any way! Stay tuned!