Happy New Year everyone! Can you believe it's been 12 years since the panic of Y2K? The world didn't end and the first graders of 2000 will be graduating high school this year.
Where does the time go? I can hardly believe our granddaughter, Madi, will be six years old in February. Wasn't it only yesterday we were so excited about the birth of our first grandchild?
A few days ago Madi wanted to know the number of days until her birthday. Her parents checked, and told her there were fifty days left. She informed them she didn't need presents for her birthday this year. Since her parents are involved with the mission, Project 127, Madi knows $50 can feed a Nicaraguan family of four for a month. She told them she had an idea; if people gave her $1 a day until her birthday, she would have $50 to give to Project 127 for food, clothes, toys, and clean water for the children of Nicaragua. Pretty good math for a kindergartner, right?
Our son videoed her birthday wish and posted it on the website of the global fundraising platform, IndieGoGo. Like the biblical account of Jesus using the little boy's loaves and fishes to feed the multitude, within three days Madi's $50 birthday wish grew to over $500. More friends donated to her cause today at church, and this evening Charlotte's Fox News affilliate wants to interview her.
Who knows what the Lord will do with the simple wish of a child in the next 47 days? The need is great in the country of Nicaragua, but we have a big God. In the words of Isaiah the prophet, "....and a little child shall lead them." We may not be able to do everything, but we can do something to make a difference in 2012.
Copyright 2012 Charlotte Laney
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