For the First Time, I will be Warm!
As temperatures fall to some of the coldest in recent years in Zimbabwe, we are very busy “covering up” the children with a blanket of God’s love!
Thank you for the help you have given us in the past few months to make it possible to distribute over 5,000 blankets to very needy, and extremely thankful, children all across Zimbabwe.
Two weeks ago in Kadoma our friends “covered up ” 500 children who had been identified with the help of the local schools. As one child received the blanket she said, “For the first time I will be warm!”
Thank you for providing warmth for this little one and for many more in the same situation!
Today I am asking you to help us as much as you possibly can to continue to “cover up” these precious children with a $5 blanket that will change their life!
On Saturday August 7, 2010 we will distribute another 2,500 blankets to needy and cold children at Hopley Farm, the resettlement community just outside Harare, the capitol of Zimbabwe. You may remember Hopley Farm because of the event that occurred there several years ago – over 40,000 people were “resettled” on an abandoned farm after their homes were destroyed by the government in a “clean-up” campaign!
Hopley Farm is also the place where we have distributed hundreds of pairs of shoes in the past, but more recently thousands of blankets. It is actually the place where we got started with “Operation Cover Up” two years ago when we distributed 2, 000 blankets to the toddlers and infants of the camp.
This distribution on August 7th will be part of an event called Champions for Christ with Dr. Andrew Reid. Over 5,000 HIV infected children will gather at Hopley Farm for a day long Champions Camp where they will be fed, loved and encouraged.
We have made the commitment to Dr. Reid that we will provide blankets for those who need them at this and other Champions Camps.
At the Champions Camp we will “cover up” another 2,500 children with a blanket!! The blankets will be given to these children as a tangible sign that God loves them and has them covered with His love. The blankets are saving lives of children and giving them a hope for the future.
Now we need to pay for these blankets and others that we have given to “cover up” children that are keeping them “warm for the first time”! We continue to give the blankets away for we must be obedient to do what God put in our hearts. When He showed us the need, He impressed upon us to “do something about it!” We need your help to meet the need.
A warm blanket for only $5! A blanket that will change and save a precious life and give a child a hope for the future is to us a tremendous bargain. Please help us help these children with as generous a gift as you can at this time. But also remember that ANY gift will help cover a child.
Thank you for your prayers and encouragement to keep “covering up” His children! You can be part of a child saying, “For the First Time, I will be Warm!”
May God richly bless you as you bless others.
Bruce and Camella
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