{"id":1654,"date":"2010-04-07T08:22:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T14:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=1654"},"modified":"2011-05-03T17:03:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T17:03:11","slug":"look-who-i-get-to-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2010\/04\/look-who-i-get-to-meet.html","title":{"rendered":"Look who I get to meet!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/2010\/04\/juan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/2010\/04\/juan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We get to meet Juan! Juan isn&#8217;t a celebrity or somebody who you will recognize. Juan is Jessica and my fourth sponsor child! He&#8217;s six years old and lives in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica and I are excited because in a little less than a month, we will be going to the Dominican Republic with World Vision and meeting Juan! We&#8217;re so excited.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jessicaturnersblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/world-vision-wednesday-can-i-meet-your.html\">Jessica wrote a sweet post about Juan today. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thought meeting Juan is going to be a highlight of our trip, the best part will be helping other kids find people like Jessica and me to sponsor them.<\/p>\n<p>And maybe that person is you!<\/p>\n<p>And if you sponsor a child prior to me leaving for the Dominican Republic, I would love to meet your sponsored child. So, if you   sponsor a child using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/content.nsf\/pages\/bloggers-sponsor-a-child?open&amp;CL=0159&amp;CST&amp;campaign=1155050\">THIS LINK<\/a>, send me an email with their name and I  will send it along to  World Vision.<\/p>\n<p>(The children linked here are all at  the project I will  be visiting).<\/p>\n<p>World Vision is coordinating visits  for us to meet many  children and if it is possible to meet yours, get a picture with them, we  will!<\/p>\n<p>Also, our dear friend and designer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisaleonardonline.com\/\">Lisa Leonard<\/a> has created this amazing one-of-kind World Vision necklace in honor of our trip to the Dominican Republic! In addition to Lisa donating 100 necklaces for the bloggers to take with us to give to children and mothers we meet in the DR, we&#8217;re also giving a limited number of them away to those who sponsor a child using the above link!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/2010\/04\/DSC_0128_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1656 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/2010\/04\/DSC_0128_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So please consider sponsoring a child. You will be changing the life of a child. But your child will also change your life. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/content.nsf\/pages\/bloggers-sponsor-a-child?open&amp;CL=0159&amp;CST&amp;campaign=1155050\">CLICK HERE TO SPONSOR TODAY<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>**Remember, if you sponsor a child today, send me an email at MatthewPaulTurner@gmail.com, so I can hopefully plan to meet your child on your behalf!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We get to meet Juan! Juan isn&#8217;t a celebrity or somebody who you will recognize. Juan is Jessica and my fourth sponsor child! He&#8217;s six years old and lives in the Dominican Republic. 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