{"id":85,"date":"2009-12-15T07:12:36","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T07:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2009\/12\/jesus-creed-sponsors-orphan-community-in-swaziland.html"},"modified":"2009-12-15T07:12:36","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T07:12:36","slug":"jesus-creed-sponsors-orphan-community-in-swaziland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/12\/jesus-creed-sponsors-orphan-community-in-swaziland.html","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Creed Sponsors Orphan Community in Swaziland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can too!<\/p>\n<p>Community to community sponsorship is one of the most powerful tools available to redeem orphans. 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We want to make it easy for you to connect with orphans in need.&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopechest.org\/\">Children&#039;s HopeChest<\/a>&#160;can help you pick a community of orphans that&#039;s just the right size to fit the number of people in your group. We can also customize&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopechest.org\/?page_id=503\">a webpage for your community<\/a>, where you can invite friends and family to participate in the project with you. To see the&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopechest.org\/?page_id=503\">Jesus Creed page click here.<\/a>&#160;You can sponsor a community of orphans this Christmas that saves lives and provides the means for a future. Interested? 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