One Child Matters

It's hard to believe that a month has passed since I have written. Time flies, eh? I've been busy with budgeting, office catch up and I spent a week in Orlando at the Assemblies of God General Council saying "hi" to old friends and meeting new ones. Sometimes it is easy to lose perspective in the middle of all the busy-ness. The past few days I've been thinking a lot about the reason that I do what I do. It's because One Child Matters.

If you follow Mission of Mercy, sponsor a child or are involved in some other manner, you are going to be hearing One Child Matters a lot. It is the center-point of what our ministry is all about - children. Here's what our message is:

One:
Whether it's our sponsorship program providing practical help and hope for the future, or making surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor possible, it's about One child. It is also helpful to keep this in perspective. It is easy to get overwhelmed by the need. But, if we can help One child, then we have made a difference!

Child:
This is our passion - children. We provide the opportunity for them to become productive leaders and effect change in their families and communities. To change a culture, we start with one Child.

Matters:
To matter is "to have importance or consequence." Think of how your own child has significance in your life - you would stop at nothing to protect your child from danger or harm. Whether a child attends a school in India or lives in the bush of Africa, that child Matters to us - and we are called to provide them opportunity and hope in Christ.

The thing I love about what is happening inside of Mission of Mercy is a tremendous resurgence of energy and creativity, despite a troubled economy. No expensive outside consulting firms; no high priced designers; just a group of staff members contributing thoughts and ideas. An artist, Aaron Crider, has written an awesome song around this theme; a song that will freely distributed soon. It is all happening “organically.”

Think about how much your own children mean to you. You can offer hope to a child in poverty – and hope to the child’s family and community. To get involved, sponsor a child today at www.onechildmatters.org.