helping out

one quick reminder - there is still time to donate to the Jerry's Kids/MDA fund raiser i'm doing on wednesday. follow the link to the right and donate online. it's a good cause. i wasn't looking to help them fund raise but couldn't tell them no when they called. i will actually be going to a mock jail at a local mexican restaurant (mexican prison). i'll post pictures.

but i'm more excited about something that just came in my email. last year we started helping an organization called International Cooperative Ministries. they provide the capital for existing congregations across the world to build a buidling. the congregation in turn plants 5 more churches. for $7,000 we helped a congregation in tanzania build their building. these buildings often become community centers where they have school, medical aid is disbursed and the buildings are often also storm shelters.

after completing the tanzania project our group here in hays (dubbed the joshua group) signed up to sponsor a church/orphanage. our project is in cambodia, will house 40 orphans upstairs and a congregation of a couple hundred downstairs. go here to read a bit more, see a few pictures and even to help us fund the project by donating online. i believe the total cost for this building is $21,000 of which we have almost $6,000 already.

i'll dedicate more space to this endeavor later. hopefully before we leave for china to get baby joy.