Gift Giver / Tuesday, September 10, 2019 / Categories: Story of Giving A Child's Hope Rich, Chance and Jake Freshwater This story of giving is from Rich, Chance and Jake Freshwater Chance, Jake and I were blessed with an envelope containing a $100 check. The boys were pretty excited by this challenge and gave lots of thought to the best way to put God’s grace to work. We tossed around thoughts about helping a homeless person(s), supporting a foster care agency, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and in the end the boys selected a charity they had spent time with recently. On the Saturday prior to receiving this challenge, the entire family volunteered for A Child’s Hope International. During the few hours of volunteering (along with others from GSLC) 115,000 nutritional bags of food were made. The bags contained rice, soy, a supplement and dehydrated veggies. This particular lot was slated for shipping to Nicaragua to feed kids that may not get a daily meal. While the kids weren’t thrilled with the actual work, they felt great about giving back. Enough so that they chose to send the GSLC check to this organization so it could be used to prepare food bags to feed a child for over a year. I challenged the boys that if this was to be our family choice that we’d need to volunteer to pack food bags again...and they wholeheartedly agreed. Because the boys felt so excited by this cause...I told them I’d match the GSLC check and in total we sent off $200. This challenge was a great win for all. The charity now has money to feed two children for over a year or to bag 800 meals for many children. The boys got to feel excited around giving back and discerning the best way to put the money to work that made them feel good. And dad got to feel super proud of his sons being so diligent and thoughtful in the process. So now we will plan another volunteer opportunity with A Child’s Hope International and we invite all GSLC congregants to join us. Thanks GSLC for this amazing challenge and opportunity!! We hope we’ve proudly carried Gods grace forward! Recipient: A Child’s Hope International Next Article Grace & Grieving Print 1324 Rate this article: No rating Tags: Feeding Family Feed Kids in Nicargua Food Bags 4 comments on article "A Child's Hope" Alex Hoops This is excellent! Thanks for sharing! 9/10/2019 5:30 PM Amanda Hill LOVE this! Children's hunger is likely what our family is going o choose to focus on as well...love that you matched your donation with both time AND treasure! 9/11/2019 10:44 AM Mark Buelsing Gods Grace is working through all your hands. Thank you for your story! 9/11/2019 4:32 PM Tracey Long What a wonderful story! I love that the boys were excited to participate and help others. It seems that we all learn so much through serving with our own hands- and in this case, A Child's Hope International is receiving God's grace through YOUR hands- both in action and financial support! 9/16/2019 9:17 PM Leave a comment Name: Please enter a name. Email: Please enter an email address. Please enter a valid email address. Comment: Please enter comment. I agree This form collects your name, email, IP address and content so that we can keep track of the comments placed on the website. For more info check our Privacy Policy and Terms Of Use where you will get more info on where, how and why we store your data. You must read and accept this rules. Add comment
Amanda Hill LOVE this! Children's hunger is likely what our family is going o choose to focus on as well...love that you matched your donation with both time AND treasure! 9/11/2019 10:44 AM
Mark Buelsing Gods Grace is working through all your hands. Thank you for your story! 9/11/2019 4:32 PM
Tracey Long What a wonderful story! I love that the boys were excited to participate and help others. It seems that we all learn so much through serving with our own hands- and in this case, A Child's Hope International is receiving God's grace through YOUR hands- both in action and financial support! 9/16/2019 9:17 PM