{"id":444,"date":"2007-09-04T09:37:55","date_gmt":"2007-09-04T09:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2007\/09\/amazing-story-a.html"},"modified":"2007-09-04T09:37:55","modified_gmt":"2007-09-04T09:37:55","slug":"amazing-story-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2007\/09\/amazing-story-a.html","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Story About a 5 Year Old and Orphans"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received this email last week and the faith of this 5 year old greatly encouraged me. I know it will encourage you too!
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Dear Tom,<\/span> <\/p>\n

Last year I was looking for a
\nministry to give to that worked with orphans. A good friend told me about your group. 
\nAfter watching a dvd about Russia, I was hooked.  Last summer God then led me to
\ngive up preschool in order to give more.  We use some of that money to invest in
\nChildren’s Hopechest.  You have to know motherhood has not come easy for me so
\ngiving up preschool was definitely not my idea.  God clearly had spoken to me. 
\nBut, I have found tremendous joy in giving to God’s Kingdom and in helping our
\nkids learn about the world. Annie (almost 5) and Mikey (3) know where
\nRussia and Swaziland are. Brooke (1) doesn’t quite get it yet.  \ud83d\ude42  <\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, the point of this email is to tell you about
\nlast Tuesday.  It had been a particularly long and lonely day for me.  Preschool
\nhad started up and most people I know were off to tennis, lunch and coffee with
\nfriends.  Your letter about the matching grant for  50k arrived. I read it, asked God to
\nprovide a way for us to give to it, and then put it aside. Annie found
\nthe letter a few hours later.  She brought it to me, asking what it was about.
\n(By the way, she has seen your blog about the pizza and bananas.  We still talk
\nabout it.)  I told her about the need and then she went to get her piggy bank. 
\nShe dumped the whole thing out and said she wanted to give it all away.  It came
\nout to be $5 even.  My husband traded her for a $5 bill.  She then found an
\nenvelope and wrote her name on it.  We haven’t sent it yet as we are still
\nhoping to participate in it beyond our normal monthly gift.  I explained that 50
\nchildren will eat because of her sacrifice. I wish you could have seen her
\nface.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you so much for serving God and His people the
\nway you do.  I know your road must feel lonely at times too.  Our family has
\nbeen so blessed to be a part Children’s Hopechest.  It’s added a great deal to
\nour lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

May God bless you and your family!<\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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