Here is HOW to change a child's life
From this...
To this!
PROJECT
#1
Build an
Orphanage - $50,000
Maybe your church
would like to take this on as a "mercy outreach project." Maybe a
couple churches from your area could do it together.
Your church could
develop a program to raise the 
money
over a five year period. Three churches and a two year
program, would end up to be about $8400 a year.
money
over a five year period. Three churches and a two year
program, would end up to be about $8400 a year.Sure, it is a
large amount of money - $50,000. However, our gifts go very far in
Kenya.
This is the cost
to do the following the following,
-
build an orphange (picture here)
-
feed 24-28 children for a year
-
provide 2 cows for the orphanage
-
establish a chicken program
-
educate
-
teach children the gospel and baptize
-
clothe
The picture on the
right is the "old orphanage" where...
PROJECT #2
Adopt an Orphan - $34 a Month
We are
so blessed. Before I leave town to preach somewhere in
the country, I try to take my family out for dinner. When we go to
a
restaurant, rather than a drive through, for 4 people we will spend
about $40-$45.
a
restaurant, rather than a drive through, for 4 people we will spend
about $40-$45.We are so blessed. It isn't that it
is wrong to enjoy the blessings our Lord bestows upon us, whether
it is a newer car or funds for a dinner out. Please, don't think
for a moment we are wrong for enjoying our blessings. However, once
you have an opportunity to 
see
the great work that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya is
doing with and for orphans in Kenya, it keeps life in
perspective.
see
the great work that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya is
doing with and for orphans in Kenya, it keeps life in
perspective.The orphans live
in such poor conditions, especially in the slums. Many grandparents
and great-grandparents try to step in and care for the
children.
"Sibling
families" do their best to care for the young ones. A
sibling family is when children are left to take care
of younger
children (right).
Many parents are
dying by the time they are thirty years old. When you travel around
the country, ...
PROJECT
#3
Sustain an Orphanage - $9,000 \ year
That is $750 \ month. Your
congregation or possibly a couple of congregations can join
together to sustain an existing orphanage. When you sustain an
orphanage you are doing far more than supporting the 28 or
so orphans who live in a specific orphanage.
The gifts from this project provide food, clothing, shelter,
education, and hope for the children who live at the orphanage as
well as those orphans who live in the area. Many children seek help
from the orphanage and the local Lutheran...