The story of Joshua starts off as a terrible story, but trust me, it changes for the better.

Sacred Heart, a hospital in Haiti, found a 12 year old boy from Haiti suffering with cerebral palsy and pulled him off of the streets to start caring for him. Before Joshua was found by Sacred Heart’s team, his mother was letting him die on the street because the worse he looked, the more money she made when she begged. She had never given him a name, so for the first 12 years of his life, he was known as her “dog”. He had never been loved, never been kissed and nobody had ever told him that he had value. Sacred Heart changed all of that.

Since then he has been placed in a new home by SafeWorld/SafeWater where he will never go without love again. After they found Joshua a safe home, SafeWorld/SafeWater were asked by the UN and Haitian government if they would help place more children like Joshua in homes. They realized there were too many children and not enough homes, so Joshua’s Village was born. SafeWorld/SafeWater is developing Joshua’s Village in Haiti for at-risk, abandoned children with disabilities. It will also be a refuge for young girls who have been raped/abused in tent cities and to keep trauma counselors on hand to help those toward who need recovery and healing. The elements of Joshua’s Village are things that most of us take for granted each day. These things are sustainable construction, comprehensive primary/secondary schooling and a convenient medical clinic to those that need care.

Now, that the major earthquake in Haiti has done its damage, the people of Haiti need help more than ever. YOUR HELP. SafeWorld/SafeWater is really trying to make a difference there, but of course helping Haiti recover takes time and resources. They have actually been on the ground in Haiti since 6 days after the earthquake. Wow.

After saying all of this, SafeWorld/SafeWater really needs your help to raise $10,000+ for ground work to finalize and launch the project. I will actually be going with a team to Haiti from August 12th-16th to see this story first hand. The completion of this project will change so many people’s lives. Lives that are probably a lot like Joshua’s.

The story of Joshua doesn’t stop here, though. In the coming months I will be updating you on how things are going with Joshua and the building of Joshua’s Village. I believe God can change this nation. I believe we can help. Everyone has something to give. I know we can help make this happen.

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Hey (re)made family. Our friends, Joel and Wendy Benson, are about to send off their final paperwork to adopt 2 kids from China. With only six days left, they are still short $6,000 of the $11,660 total that is needed to mail it off. This is where all of us can contribute to something beautiful. They are terrific friends and spectacular parents. I used “spectacular” because now you know I mean business. Please share this story on whatever social network, blog, forum or anything other media you might use. The details are below if you decide you would like to help out.

If you want to give online, you can go to the www.cwa.org website and donate there. Next, you would select the “General Fund” project option. Enter donation amount. Then you would move on to the “select CWA family” drop down box and fill in “Joel and Wendy Benson” there. Finally, you would supply your credit card information on the bottom of that page.

You may also send a check made out to:
Christian World Foundation or CWF
777 South Allen Road
Flat Rock, NC 28731.

If you do send a check, please note “Joel and Wendy Benson” on that check.

If neither of those ways work for you, call Pat Mendock at (828) 693-7007 ext 317 to provide credit card information.

Really, there’s no reason not to give something. Anything is appreciated!

So, please leave a comment below if…

1) you contributed to this cause in any way.

2) you have an adoption story you would like to share.

charity: water is something near and dear to my heart. They help people out that are without clean water and give them a chance to live healthy lives by building clean water wells. Something so simple that every developed country takes for granted each and every day. We don’t even think about life without clean water. They deserve it, too. Do something about it.

Today at lunch I met with someone to talk about different charities and how things could improve. We were discussing the differences that could take place if churches didn’t spread out all of their resources between every country known to man, but instead focused all their resources on just one country at a time. It seemed to us that if one country was taken for Christ, then others would start taking notice. And then switch the focus to a different country every two years or whatever time limit seemed reasonable. So, do you think focusing on one country at a time would be better than spreading money, time, effort, etc. between a lot of countries or do you not see the point in that?

There are so many charities. There are so many people that are hurting and that are in need and it all requires money,change, cheese, dollaz, whatever you wanna call it. I could go down the list here, but I won’t. So, here’s the question- With so many organizations and charities, how do you decide who to give your money to?