Over a year ago, we made the decision as a family to "adopt" a little boy from Uganda. What this "adoption" consists of is we give $25 per month to Helping Hands Ministry, and in return, we got to choose a child that this money goes to. Helping Hands serves the less fortunate all over the world, but our church, Chestnut Mountain, has partnered with them to build churches in Uganda. We chose to sponsor a little boy....surprise, surprise. His name is Idi Makoma, and he is 10 years old. We get to "communicate" with him a couple of times per year. We get to send him letters and pictures, and about once per year we can send a backpack full of stuff (toys, hygeine items, books, etc) to him via Helping Hands. In return, he sends us pictures of himself as well as letters. Many of the kids in his country do not have food, clothes, mattresses....much less anything else. Thousands of kids die in Uganda each year due to Malaria because they do not have mosquito nets to sleep under to keep them safe at night. Our $25 provides these items to Idi. It is really such a small price to pay to help protect the children of the world. The boys love to get Idi's letters and pictures...they even refer to him as their brother. I pray that this gives you boys some perspective as to how fortunate we are to live here where we don't have to worry so much about our survival, and I hope it teaches you a lesson to always reach out to help those in need. That is what God commands us to do.
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