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Orphan Crisis and other stuff

chrismarlow — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:14:04 +0000

Lot’s going on this week!

I wrote a blog post for my friends Restore Austin. You can read it here. Restore Austin is also apart of Austin New Church. I will be speaking at ANC this Sunday about Gospel Justice. Love this church, and how they serve the community of Austin and the world.

By time you read this, I should be in Long Beach, CA attending The Ideation Conference. You can follow the conference on Twitter@theideation and the hashtag #theideation.

Also, some big announcements later this week, bring on a new staff member who’s gonna really help take us to the next level.

All right, gotta wake-up in 4 1/2 hours!

Shalom.

Update: Christmas Fundraiser

chrismarlow — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:09:56 +0000

Wow! First of all, I want to thank each of you for a great response. Last week we raised $2000 for our kids in Zimbabwe. That’s huge! That being said, we’ve decided to raise the ante, if you will. Why, because we have new information:

Here’s what I now know. It takes $100 to feed 100 kids a meal which includes meat. So, if we raise $5200, each kid would have access to meat at least once-per-week.

We’ve already raised $2000 for the Christmas Campaign. We have over $1000 in our child sponsorship funds, and more people/churches who are raising funds in December. So, we only need $2000 to complete the project.

But wait…it gets better.

With the funds raised it’s going to help launch “The Chicken Project.” So, instead of just buying meat for the kids to eat, we are now going to purchase chickens, so the kids will be able to raise the chickens, get protein from their eggs, and meat from the chickens. Basically, this will help the Musha Wevana Children’s Home to be able to care for themselves. This will help create a sustainable way for this community to be able to love and support themselves once they have the leverage. (chickens)

I think we can do this! We need $2200 raised in the next 22 days. Spread the word, donate, throw a fundraising party…everything counts!

Help Restore a Child

chrismarlow — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:31:35 +0000

Let me introduce you to Gugulethu, below you can read his story. One of heartbreak, suffering and loneliness! Thanks to Musha Wevana Children’s Home, Gugu has been rescued, and thanks to a kind friend who sponsored Gugu through Help One Now, Gugu, can now be restored.

We have 100 more “Gugu’s,” they need a sponsor who will help provide the most basic needs, such as food, water, education and medicine!

Maybe you can sponsor-a-child, or maybe you can help us spread the word, it takes a tribe to make a difference!

Location: Musha Wevana Children’s Home-Zimbabwe
Gender: M
Age: 3

About: Gugulethu was found abandoned at the hospital. The police have been searching for relatives, but have not found any yet, as they don’t know his last name or anything else about him. Despite this hardship, “Gugu” is a friendly child with a warm heart and smile. He loves eating rice, telling jokes, and playing soccer. Please pray for him.