{"id":6544,"date":"2010-07-11T14:51:39","date_gmt":"2010-07-11T14:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/07\/this-little-girl-needs-our-hel.html"},"modified":"2010-07-11T14:51:39","modified_gmt":"2010-07-11T14:51:39","slug":"this-little-girl-needs-our-hel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/07\/this-little-girl-needs-our-hel.html","title":{"rendered":"This little girl needs our help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, once again, I hope you will ponder and pray over sponsoring a child at only 34 dollars per month.&nbsp;Our hope is to use this blog space to urge readers to consider sponsoring a child in Swaziland, a land in desperate need of services like Hope Chest. &nbsp;As of the writing of this post, 19 children have been &#8220;adopted&#8221; and there are 6 more in need of adoption (but Tom Davis at Hope Chest will find more if we can sponsor them). &nbsp;Please think if this is a ministry of which you would like to be a part.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If perhaps you are moved to help orphans in Africa, we&#8217;d like you to consider <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopechest.org\/the-kids-of-mabanteneni\/\">Mabanteneni&#8217;s<\/a><\/b> community of orphans and pastors and Go-Gos who care for the local kids. 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