Pray for 103

Tomorrow we will be praying for the children of Swaziland and we hope you will join us. As you know if you read this blog, we are volunteering with Children's HopeChest to try and find sponsors for 25 children in the Mangwaneni Manzini Carepoint in Swaziland. According to the latest Hopechest information we have received, 172 children at our Carepoint have been profiled. 58 of them are officially sponsored and 11 have unofficially committed sponsors. That leaves 103 of the currently profiled children still waiting for a sponsor.

Sandra Carmichael, who works as a liason for the Carepoint, effectively explains why sponsors are so important: "A sponsor is a life-line for the children beyond basic needs. Many of these children are orphaned and those that aren't could be at any day due the ravages of HIV/AIDS on the country of Swaziland. A sponsor is a source of encouragement and provides a valuable role-model to a child that helps them grow into the kind of person God intends for them to be. Half of the country is under the age of 15, so the need for God-honoring role-models is great."

Would you pray with us tomorrow that God would bless these precious Swazi children and help us as their advocates to find more sponsors for them here in the US? We are finding that locating sponsors has been harder than we anticipated and we would appreciate your prayer support. If you, or anyone you know, might be interested in changing the life of a child for just $34 a month, please don't hesitate to contact us via our email here on the blog.