Releasing Children from Poverty
Compassion
in Jesus Name
LOVE
FOR
HIM
GIVE FOR HIM. Matt. 25:40
I was sitting behind this tee shirt during a Northern Illinois Walk to Emmaus training session Saturday.
The back says,
I tell you the truth.
When you did
it to one of the
least
of these,
my brothers
and sisters,
you were doing
it to me.
Jeff Leonard ives in Haiti about 20-25 miles from the earthquake's epicenter. This picture was taken last year before his 12th birthday in December.
I wrote earlier of the Jeff Leonard, the Compassion International child we sponsor in Haiti.
A thank you letter for a supplementary donation came with the startling information that the Christian charitable organization “serves more than 65,000 children in Haiti.”
I don’t know about you, but I find that pretty amazing.
That takes a lot of feet on the ground.
One-third of those 65,000 children “live in the areas that were hardest hit.”
One of the aftershocks seems to have been near Jeff Leonard’s hometown, with is about as far from Port au Prince as Harvard is from Crystal Lake. My guess is the homes are all one-story, less dangerous that the multi-story homes in the country’s capital.
The letter says,
“Sadly, we anticipate there will be many deaths.
“We anticipated many of our church-based child development centers will have been destroyed (about 50 are thought to have been ‘seriously hit’).
Donations may be made at 800-336-7676 or here.
Compassion International staff members in Haiti.
Here’s up-to-date information on Compassion International’s efforts in Haiti.
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