all you ever wanted to know

how could you not see this face and fall in love? so for those of you who aren't familiar with the invisible children movement, it is an organization that is trying to raise awareness about children being abducted in the middle of the night in northern uganda and forced to fight in the LRA (lord's rebellion army). it is such a sad story so these children have been on my heart since passion. so this sunday the mwangaza children's choir came to cornerstone to sing and they are from uganda (crazy!) so me and courtney had it set in our mind that we had to go. we went and they did a few songs and the two of us were in tears the whole time. we went back that night to see the whole program with the intention of picking out children to sponsor. i went thinking i wanted a girl, but as soon as i saw little joel's face, i fell in love and couldn't put his picture down. so he is the one we have. me and david have taken it on to support him throughout his entire education (and hopefully longer). ours and courtney's children are from the same village in western uganda so now we pretty much have to go plan a trip to visit them. they are from an area of uganda that is very AIDS ravaged, rural - mostly made up of refugees from rwanda. how can you look at these faces and not do anything? if anyone reading this by any chance wants any more information on sponsorship or making donations you can go to African Renewal Ministries Website, www.africarenewal.org or if you would like to learn more about the invisible children movement, you can go to www.invisiblechildren.com.