Hello my friends! I have a very important post for you today, and I’d like to start by introducing you to Jenn, one of the two lovely ladies behind Bend the Light Photography—they shot our engagement, bridal, and wedding portraits! (San Antonians, I highly recommend these girls!)
Jenn herself shot our engagement session, my bridal session, and was there in the room with us when my girls and I were getting ready for the ceremony, so I feel some sort of special bond with her (even though I know she meets new brides weekly)!
I’ll never forget the way my bouquet was delivered with stupidly long stems, and as I fumbled to trim them with little time and dull scissors sent up by the hotel, Jenn noticed my distress when no one else did and took the scissors and the bouquet away from me to cut the stems herself. (Maybe she was afraid I would stab someone or hurt myself, but that’s beside the point).
Anyway, Jenn and her husband Chris are in the process of adopting a child from Africa, and I have enjoyed following their beautiful adoption blog, Pure and Lasting. Jenn and Chris are truly amazing and good people whom I admire very much. Here’s a photo of the two of them together!
They recently took a trip to an orphanage in Africa and wrote an incredible post about the need these children have for a clean place to sleep at night. There are over 600 children living there, and to quote the post, “every night, there are children who lay their heads down to sleep on the ground, children who curl up on old, dirty mattresses, children who sleep with multiple other children on small mattresses.” These sleeping conditions lead to illnesses, bed bug bites, and overall poor health. That all sounds awful, yes, but it’s probably 1000% more heartbreaking to see in person, as Jenn and Chris did.
It’s easy to turn your face from something like this. It doesn’t directly effect you. You may never see exactly how any money you donate is used. You’ll probably never meet a child who benefited from a bed you helped to buy.
But I think that, when it comes to things like this, we just have to trust in people like Chris and Jenn, who saw the need with their own eyes and have made it their personal mission to rouse others to do something about it.
And I firmly believe that if you do, you’ll receive the blessing back. In one way or another.
I donated a little myself, and thought about how awesome it would be if everyone who reads this post donates just TWO dollars. Probably about 1300 of you will read this, and if everyone donates a minimum of two bucks? We’d make $2600 which would buy about TWENTY bunk beds for FORTY children! (cost per bed is $135.) Each bed even comes with a life saving mosquito net and a Bible.
So if you want to make a tiny little difference in the world that could add up to something great, I urge you to check out Jenn’s posts on the orphanage or just head right over to Sweetsleep.org to donate. In the comment section, enter the code: VORW11 or mention Noel Orphanage. You can skip the e-card section. After you donate, please leave a comment here or at Pure and Lasting with the amount so that Jenn can keep track of their goal. You should be proud of anything you donate, even if it’s just a couple dollars. :)
Thanks friends!!
PS – If you’d like to help spread the word about this post and how donating only TWO dollars can help change the lives of some really special kids, please spread the word on Facebook and Twitter! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THESE KIDS! :)
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