Shocking Update

It has been a hard week.  I have felt worn down, tired and overwhelmed with life.  I'm being honest.  For a multitude of reasons I have just been running on empty.



Because of how I am feeling and because of the treadmill we will be running in the coming months as we try to write for BiblioPlan.... and as we make the weekly treks to Shriners for Aaron... I have felt like taking a blog break.  Letting someone else yell for a bit.

Just stopping.



Yesterday I had little to no energy to write a post even though it was Fatherless Friday.  The temptation to just not do one was very very strong.

But I made a promise that I had put off for far too long and so I wrote yesterday's blog.

As I was writing I became a bit overwhelmed when I saw how many of the older children had 0.00 in their accounts. I started putting pictures up and it just seemed like it was every other child.

I made a decision after doing the first page that I would focus only on the boys.  I was on overload seeing all their sweet faces.

BY THE TIME I WAS DONE I HAD PUT UP PICTURES OF THIRTY NINE LOST BOYS LANGUISHING IN ORPHANAGES AND INSTITUTES IN EASTERN EUROPE AND ASIA.

THIRTY NINE.

I walked away from the computer.  The post had depressed me.  I was in and out all day.  I checked comments a few times but I never went to the website at all to check to see how the boys were doing.  It was just too much.

Until last night when I received an e-mail that only 9 boys out of the THIRTY NINE had 0's by their name.

WHAT??

I immediately opened up the RR website and began scrolling through... Every single boy in the 6-9 category had money in their account.  Many of them had more than $5.00.  At least one had almost $100.00.

I started crying.

 I went from page to page ticking off boy after boy who had received a gift of love from one or more of you.

When I was done... Only 5 boys had 0's by their name.

FIVE.

This morning.

It is down to three.

THREE

Three little boys - All on THIS PAGE.

                                      Daniel                          Marlowe                                Dixon

  

After such a demonstration of love yesterday, I have no doubt that by the end of the day - these little guys are not going to be left behind!

Now some scoffers would click their tongues and say that little difference was made yesterday.  Thirty Six boys received a drop of money into their account.  So what.  Most of them now "only" have $5.00.   A pittance compared to what they need.

Yes in today's economy $5.00 is a pittance.  It doesn't even fill the bottom of the bucket.  Against adoption fees that  normally run over $20,000.00 it is a joke.

But I stand against any scoffer who would mock what quietly took place yesterday.

I stand against anyone who would scorn the offerings of love that were shown.

I have seen God take $5.00 given in love - just a pittance by the world's standards - and I have seen a child brought home because of it.

Yesterday 36 boys were given those same gifts of love.

I know that the God I serve can take $5.00 measly dollars and multiply it beyond our wildest dreams. I know He can because I have seen Him do it.

What took place yesterday was precious beyond words.

You let 36 boys know that they have value.  They are precious.  They are of great worth.



You rallied around the Least of These.

Thank you! Thank you!

If I could give every one of you a hug I would.

If I could even  begin to express in words how much it meant to me to scroll through their pictures last night and see all the offerings of love I would quickly write those words down here.

But I am at a total loss as to how to express how I feel at the present.

Just know that I am grateful beyond words to be part of a community of believers who sees a need and puts love in action.

Thank you!!