More on Compassion

So once again I am going to talk about... Compassion.
Seriously, it is an amazing organization. For only $38
a month, you can sponsor a child. The money will
enable the child to live a better life as well as have the
opportunity to learn about Jesus. I have been sponsoring
Kevin for several years and it has been such a rewarding
experience. But you may be saying, "I can't afford it!"
I was only thirteen when I started and had no income, but
God has provided. I have learned what I need with what
needs to be done. You are not just sending money to
a stranger, you are investing in a relationship with a child.
A child with a name. A child who will love you and will
love every single letter you send. Pray and spend time with
God asking what He wants you to do. If He wants you to
invest your time and resources into a child, He will enable
you to do so. Compassion International is not just a gift
for the child, it is a gift for the sponsor as well. Click here
to go to their website and learn more. God bless!
~Lily

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is approaching, cookies are baked, snow is
falling and presents under the tree. I am reminded this
Christmas just how blessed I am. I have a wonderful
family, an amazing church I am blessed to be a part of,
great friends, a super job and I have a home, food,
clothes and everything else I tend to take for granted.
I also have been saved by grace. That completely amazes
me! God saved ME!!! And Christmas is where he came
down to earth! A great movie to watch is the Nativity Story.
It is truly amazing!!! :) I hope you all have an amazing
holiday!
God bless

~Lily

SNOW

There is currently a blizzard where I live and it is amazingly beautiful.
It also makes me realize just how blessed I am to have a warm house
and that I don't have to be outside in the FREEZING cold! When I went
to Jamaica and Ecuador, the kids there had never seen snow and it was
really fun trying to explain it. Isn't God amazing!? :)
Hope you have a great day!
God bless!
~Lily

Operation Christmas Child

Yesterday, I volunteered at Operation Christmas Child which is an amazing organization that distributes Christmas presents in shoe boxes to children who are poor and in need. Their Mission: "To demonstrate God's love in a tangible way to needy children around the world, and together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ." People all over America pack shoe boxes with gifts and then OCC sends them to children all over the world. Last year, 8 million children received a Christmas shoe box. Since 1993, 130 countries have received these shoe boxes! That is amazing!



You can learn more about OCC at their website which is here.

Have a great week!
God bless!
~Lily

Thankfulness :)

Happy almost Thanksgiving!
I feel so incredibly blessed! I have an
amazing family, I go to an amazing
church where I can fellowship with
great friends and I also have the
opportunity to go to school and work.

In Ecuador, I really realized how blessed
I am and how easy it is to forget that!
There were kids who couldn't go to
school, kids who were fourteen and had
to work in order to help their families.
In Kevin's family, both of his older
siblings work.

At the CDC, there was a young woman
in a wheel chair. She had lost most of her
limbs yet her face was still filled with joy.
I want to live like her. Have nothing yet
still be thankful. I really saw there that
you don't have to have stuff to be happy.
You don't even have to have all of your
limbs. What you need is JESUS!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful week!
God bless!

~Lily

Open Hand Children's Home

So once again I am here to tell you of a Children's Home that God
is using to rescue children from lives of poverty and hardships.
Located in Kenya, Africa, Open Hand has rescued 41 children and
loved them the way Jesus loves us. Check out their website to
learn more about the work they do! It is extremely encouraging
plus they have adorable pictures of some of the kids! :) God bless!

~Lily

What's next :)

Hey! Sorry it's been a while since I last posted... I've been super busy!
I am graduating this year and so I have been praying about what come
next! I am hoping to go to an orphanage for several months and immerse
myself and learn all I can. So right now I am looking and praying about
where I should go. It's really exciting and a bit nerve-wracking but I am
excited to see where God leads. :)

Also, click this to go to Maggie Doyne's blog. She has a Children's Home
in Nepal and is doing AMAZING work there. This is an intense story about
some of the stuff she does. God is really using her in the lives of the people
living in Nepal.

Have a great week! :) Here are two pictures of two sweet girls I met while
in Ecuador. Karin was a little love bug who just crawled right into my lap.
The older girl (I never got her name) was thrilled when she found out we
both had braces and never left my side for the rest of the day. :)



God bless!
~Lily