{"id":791,"date":"2010-12-09T16:03:44","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T16:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/12\/advent-day-12-the-best-before-and-after-photoever.html"},"modified":"2011-12-06T12:26:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T17:26:23","slug":"advent-day-12-the-best-before-and-after-photoever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2010\/12\/advent-day-12-the-best-before-and-after-photoever.html","title":{"rendered":"Advent Day 12: The Best Before and After Photo&#8230;ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes people ask us if sponsorship makes a difference. It&#8217;s a legitimate question. They say a picture is worth a thousand words.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a picture of Adanu, one of the girls at the Trees of Glory orphanage. It was the first photo her sponsors received.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fP74SGQovLk\/TP_Dj9k4nMI\/AAAAAAAAAj0\/A12s1FC4gcU\/s400\/ET2119057+Adanu+Reta.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\">This past November, a team of 18 volunteers visited Adanu&#8217;s orphanage, Trees of Glory, and hand-delivered a special care package from her sponsor family. Adanu&#8217;s smile tells the rest of this story&#8230;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fP74SGQovLk\/TP_DrFe6yCI\/AAAAAAAAAj4\/P8fknbA3s5o\/s320\/IMG_3463.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Visit the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/joyisaverb.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/best-before-and-after-ever.html\">I Will Joy<\/a><\/strong> blog for the full story. Today&#8217;s advent message is simple: SPONSORSHIP CHANGES THINGS.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">You can change a life this Christmas. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/donate.hopechest.org\/change\">Change Their Story<\/a> today!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes people ask us if sponsorship makes a difference. It&#8217;s a legitimate question. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here is a picture of Adanu, one of the girls at the Trees of Glory orphanage. It was the first photo her sponsors received. 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