But I also remembered a letter that was sent to a sponsor in a nearby town. In her first letter, the child said, “I’m so excited to have a sponsor! Now I won’t have to eat any more meals at home again! And there will be more food for my brothers and sisters. Thank you for sponsoring me!”

There is hope — One Child at a Time.

Compassion dave (Wells) here. Nice to see you out and about.

I have to tell you I was little annoyed (not really) over the ‘timing’ of Compassion’s prayer and fasting event. You see, it took place on ‘day 2′ of the Creation Festival, and I was unable to partake of all the delectable goodies being peddled by the wonderful food vendors that attend the festival.

Seriously though, throughout the day, I wondered (in prayer to God), what significance my ‘going without’ might actually have on the current state of food availability, in particular to those who could not even afford to purchase it when it was affordable.

God didn’t respond audibly, but I did sense in my heart the Lord telling me to, “Be quiet and be obedient.”

“Yes Sir.”

When I got home and back to my routine, I was approached by a pastor-friend of mine who presented me with $225 in cash.

“We heard about the fasting and prayer on July 25 and we had a special offering for Compassion. Would you please send this (offering) in (to Compassion) for the global food crisis fund?”

Now I am not suggesting for one moment that this deed was in response to anything I did (or didn’t do), but nonetheless I think it’s very cool how God worked it all out for His honor and glory and praise.

God bless you Regina — we miss you!

dave

PS. I visited ‘all’ the vendors on Friday and made up for what I missed out on, on Thursday. God has healed me of so many things, I suspect gluttony is next on the list.