The $12 Project

$12 can buy you lots of things:

2 value meals at Mickey D's
Ballet flats at Rack Room
3 bottles of 2 Buck Chuck at Trader Joe's
Starbucks- all depending on your preference and size. For me-two of the grande caramel macchiato

Yesterday, Sarah Bess came to me with $12. Hers was not a request to buy something for herself.  "I would like to give this money to Gabre's orphanage."

Unprompted. Unsolicited. Generosity.

 

Our kids have 3 piggy banks they put money in: one to spend, one to save and one to give. This money came from her spend piggy bank. The one she uses to buy treats at the pool, a gift for her sister, or wastes at the yard sale across the street. $12 is approximately 1/3 of her total spending account...and I almost tried to talk her out of it.

Don't worry- I'm not going to say something crazy like maybe this year to show thanks for all our blessings we should give away 1/3 of our 'spend' budget. But what if we gave $12.

 What if we matched what a 6 year old girl so freely gave.

Gabre was born close to a region in Ethiopia called Awassa. Many of you may have heard me talk about Project HOPEFUL Awassa. Sarah Bess has decided to spend her $12 on sheep to go to the community families enrolled in Project HOPEFUL Awassa.

 (well, sheep that look like goats...you be the judge)

 

 

Why Sheep? This was shared after the first sheep were given in October by Greg Knight:

 

An advocate from women and orphans in the area spoke and expressed thanks for the gifts that would change the way that these families lived. To me it was just a sheep. To them it was a source of fresh milk and future lambs as they will have them bred. It made me wish we had been able to provide more.



 

So Sarah Bess would like to provide more. One Sheep/Goat is $45. Jimmy and I have both matched SB's $12 so we are almost up to one sheep. Will you match? How many sheep can we give? Can we one by one give $12 that will give a family something they need so that their children do not have to become orphans. Orphans in a region where they currently become 'stuck'. No longer with their biological families, but not currently eligible for adoption? Children and families like these:

 

 

Here is pay pal link to make your tax-deductible donation to Project HOPEFUL Awassa for sheep.



 https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KGJHBLTX6WLFC 

 

If you give and don't mind, please leave a comment or message us. We'd love to share with Sarah Bess how much her generosity blessed others.

 

To read more about Project Hopeful Awassa and becoming a FIG- Family in the Gap, click here.