I found out today that it’s National Blog Action Day and while technically everyone is suppose to blog about water and the need for clean water around the world, I thought I’d share a story that my mom shared with me on their way home from the airport last night.
My parents have spent the last 10 days in Ecuador visiting our sponsored children, learning more about Compassion Ecuador, and proving that apparently my mom can be a shopper. Last Thursday, October 7, they spent the day with our almost 6 year old shared child Danna (said Donna) and her mom. Danna was diagnosed with leukemia when was 3 1/2. During that time, she was on life support for two weeks. When she finally came home, she couldn’t walk and had to be potty-trained again. The picture I received last week was not of this child. The picture I received was of a little girl having the time of her life, a little girl God had miraculously saved, a little girl for whom God has big plans.
Before Danna became sick, her family owned land in the south of Quito and farmed the land. To pay for Danna’s treatment, they had to sell their land and move north to a small two bedroom house, lit by one Christmas light, not one strand of Christmas lights, one Christmas light. My parents had the opportunity to see this clean, but tiny home. As they left, Mom asked Cecila, Danna’s mom, if there was anything we could do for them in light of all their medical bills. Cecila responded, “No, we are fine, but there are kids in our neighborhood who don’t eat.”
So my challenge to you today is what are you doing with what God has given you? Click here to sponsor a child, save a child from malaria, teach a mother how to care for her baby, and so much more. Or click here to help a child development center serve their children better. What are you going to do today to change the world through the life of one?
That’s a 2 room house, not a 2 bedroom house!
Very tiny. I’d go crazy in that small dark house.