Thursday, July 24, 2008

God at His Finest!

Hello Parents!

What an exciting 24 hours! We will be sharing on Sunday, but I'll let you in on something that happened last night that was AMAZING! I am still speechless as of today. Last night Jim Brown, a FGBC pastor from Ohio, spoke about taking care of the poor and needy with a global mindset. At the end of the night he told us that we would put everything into practice.

So, when he was done speaking, he asked if we thought we as a conference could raise $15,000 for the poor and needy. If we raised $15,000 we would feed 100,000 people for 2 years. Parents and anyone reading this, you are about to be amazed! Our entire conference which is made up of 85-90% teenagers raised...

$92,500.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With that being said, we took $15,000 out to feed 100,000 people most likely in Africa. With the rest of the money we are going to, as a conference, build an orphanage in Cambodia. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL...

If we raised $20,000 more, we could build a second orphanage in Thailand. We left the session last night full of hope and tears of joy.

This morning we found out that an Ex-pro football player by the name of Jarod Cherry was at our conference with his FGBC church. Cherry was a part of the New England Patriots when they won their last 3 Super Bowls. Cherry came on stage this morning and said he felt God leading him in such a way that he was going to give his Super Bowl ring into the mix which will most likely fund the rest of the 2nd Orphanage.

A representative from Hope for Asia was there and said that these Orphanages will be called "The Momentum Orphanage".

HOW EXCITING IS THAT!?!?!?!

On another note, I just got back from the quiz results. Jay and the NAD squad are in the SEMI-FINALS!!!! We are so proud of him and are wishing him the best. Hopefully tomorrow I will have the final results for you.

God is doing some INCREDIBLE things down here and we thank you so much for your prayers!

See you tomorrow!!!!

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