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Sacrificial Giving
April 7, 2009 by Jeremy
As the world economic situation remains in headlines much has been said about the global poor - the bottom billion - who are likely to suffer the most in the event that worldwide charity dries up alongside other spending.
We’ve been very encouraged at the Preemptive Love Coalition by the various ways in which you continue to give of yourselves - with your time, your creativity, and your money - so that the children of Iraq receive the life-saving heart surgeries they need and to facilitate dialogue between regional and international communities at odds.
Among the most exciting and sacrificial gifts we’ve seen in the last few months has to be the $2.56 gift given by Ryan & Caden.
Ryan and Caden (5 yrs. and ~3 yrs. below) have been learning from their parents about the children in Iraq who are in need of a special surgery for their heart to help them live longer, happier lives. In response to this news Ryan and Caden rallied together and gave $2.56 of their own money to help the children of Iraq. Probably one of the most sacrificial gifts we’ve ever received.
Their parents intentionality in bringing Ryan and Caden to this point was equally challenging to us today: “We are trying very hard to help them see themselves as just one part of God’s big plan rather than the center of it.”
Thanks, Ryan and Caden, for being good friends to kids your age in Iraq. We’re going to show your picture to all our friends here and tell them that they have some good little friends in the U.S.A.
Ryan & Caden
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Jeremy Courtney lives and loves in Iraq as a co-founder and Executive Director of the Preemptive Love Coalition. He's also the father of two spectacular children, and married to the lovely Jessica Courtney. When not absorbed in PLC work he can be found writing songs and singing about hope and future. |
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