Dear Friends, I am going to Africa!! I will be leaving Wednesday June 21st and arrive in Rwanda Friday (35 hours later). I will stay until Monday July 3rd when I fly to Norway to spend a few days with my mom before returning to Texas July 9th. The reason for my trip, for those who don't know, is to visit Clementine who received the shoebox gift we sent in 2004 through Operation Christmas Child. She wrote us with the help of her pastor last September and we have been in constant contact ever since.
Clementine and her family as well as most people in Rwanda live in extreme poverty and I am trying to get an organization call Global Family Rescue to help the families in her village be self sufficient. GFR teaches people over a 3 year period to run a small business and get out of poverty. Each family sponsorship is $60/month which covers health insurance, educational needs including books, supplies and uniforms, clean water, shelter improvements, food including meat, small business ventures, savings, family association membership. If you go to their website (www.globalfamilyrescue.org) you can read about the enormous difference the sponsorships make in the lives of these people.
I am asking for all of your prayers that I will have a safe journey. I am nervous about what to eat and not to eat. I will not be staying at a western hotel, but with Pastor Elson and his family. They have no running water and electricity only 3 hours a day when the diesel fueled school generator runs. If any of you have clothes/shoes ages 10 and up or 2 and under you would like to send, please let me know. If you would like to be part of helping the poor people I will encounter please consider contributing some money as I know I will be overwhelmed with my feelings of inadequacy once I am there and seeing the masses of starving children. $10 feeds a family for 1 month!
I will miss my children and friends, but I feel very blessed that God has given me this opportunity to do something truly worthwhile and life changing. Your prayers and support will be greatly appreciated. I will be able to check my gmail account while there: kirsten.arina@gmail.com if you would like to write me!
God's love and blessings to you all, Kirsten
posted by Kirsten in Rwanda @ 7:53 AM
3 Comments:
I can't believe that you would use this Godly woman's mission to try to make a profit. Shame on you. Those "survey for pay" sites are total rip offs and after you pay them to set up your account, the surveys are few and far between and don't pay very well either. You are a coward for not signing your name, but then if I had done what you did, I'd be too ashamed to put my name on it either. Shame on you. Kirsten, I agree with Jim @ Wells Fargo, "YOU ROCK". We look forward to hearing about your adventures in Kevin's class. God Bless you and your efforts.
dear mamma I miss you very much and at the airport I was crying for you but after a little bit I stoped. then we went to the mall and I got a litte jacket and pair of jeans guess what size it was 14 slim it fit better than the size 12 slim. and the boy`s played so good!and very funny.I love you O so very much! you are the best mamma in the world! I prayed for you tonight. now the boy`s are in there room watching a movie. and Isis is watching joesomebody. I am on the computer.I miss you and I love you very much! your daughterwho love`s you very and is praying for you
Hi Kirsten, Kristen sent me your web page and I am so very excited for you. During the school year we prayed constantly for Clementine and her family & friends. I will pray for your trip, and once I can get into my attic we may have some boys clothes to send down there. May God be with you and those of the village. God Bless You.
P.S. Conner has a lot of questions about what you are doing down there. He has a heart for missions.
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