One Day...

From my daughter Addisyn...

Ever since moving to Guatemala, my eyes have been opened to the many needs of those living around us. My friends, the kids that I laugh and play soccer with, and go to church with, live in poverty every day and it breaks my heart. I hurt for them knowing that most of their day consists of working in the fields so their family can eat that day and it breaks my heart further that they can’t even afford to go to school. They wear the same torn up clothes every day because they can’t afford new ones and yet they never complain. These kids are no longer just a face to me anymore- they are my friends.

“Let my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of God.”  - Bob Pierce

Last year on February 3^rd, a group of us decided to do something about the poverty I had witnessed in Ethiopia while picking up my baby sister Havyn- so we launched the One Day/One Lunch project. You can read about it here: 

Over $6,000 was raised for the Adami Tulu Preschool in Ethiopia, because people like YOU and people like ME decided to do something. We came together and chose to give up our lunch for just one day and donate what we would have spent on lunch that day to those in need instead. That small sacrifice made a huge difference in those many children's lives. I cannot thank you enough for that.

This year, I like to once again ask you to join me in making a difference in the life of a child. This year on the one year anniversary , February 3^rd, I’d like to ask you to join me once again in going without lunch and give what you would have spent on lunch that one day to Eagles Nest International to be used for school scholarships. But I’d also like to ask you to take it a step further and challenge your friends, your family, your coworkers, your class mates and your entire school or entire church to join in. Can you imagine what an impact we could make if God’s people came together and decided to sacrifice by giving up their lunch- for just one day? It’s something so simple we can all do.

As we all know, education is the key to breaking free from the cycle of poverty and yet so many of us take it for granted. It cost approximately $450 a year per student to attend the New Day Christian school on Eagles Nest campus. $450 a year for a child to not only be educated in math and science but more importantly in the word of God. While not all of us have $450 laying around, if a bunch of us came together and gave what we could, gave up our lunch money for one day- together we could make a difference.

Will you please join us this February 3^rd? Will you be a part of bringing the message of hope and healing to those who have so little?

All it takes is…

One Day.

One Lunch.

Are you in?

 To give go here: (scroll down for school scholarships please).  Thank you for being a part of these children's hope for the future. :)