"Look after orphans in their distress"-James 1:27
WEBSITE: http://members.shaohannahshope.org/goto/mnalley
CHANGING A LIFE. ONE STEP AT A TIME. ONE LIFE AT A TIME.
Having a driving passion behind your healthy lifestyle is a huge motivator. When you know what you are working for you are able to keep that in sight on the hardest of days. Everyone has a different fitness story. Some people are just sticking their toes in the water while some don't remember life before exercise. You hear incredible stories of people overcoming adversity with their fitness or using their healthy lifestyle to benefit other. When I ran my marathon, I was so inspired by the large group that was their to raise money for the National Lymphoma Society. They each had the name of the person they were running for, and passion was evident in each stride.
A while back I fell upon ShowHope: an movement to care for orphans. I knew immediately this was sent to me by God to get involved in. In my line of work adoption is very real for my kids along with a lifetime of foster homes. It is a reality that faces our world and should not go unnoiticed. When two fellow missionaries heard about this effort they developed RunningHope to allow runners to raise money for orphans around the world. I was so excited to be able to pair my passion for others with my passion for running.
Who are they?
"ShowHope is a ministry that allows individuals and communities to change the world for orphans by not only addressing a child's need for food, shelter, care and spirtual nourishment but by also addressing the root issue of an orphan: the lack of a family"
Their core commitments include:
1. Orphans in hones so that every child show know the love of a family
2. Individual and community involvement to raise awareness for this effort and to care for God's children
3. A kingdom reality. God is moving and shaking amongst this program and has plans for each one of his beloved. ShowHope wants to spread the love of christ across the nations.
What they do?
1. Adoption aid-placing orphans in loving homes and assisting families with the financial burden of adoption through grants
2. Orphan care-meeting orphan's physical, emotional and spiritual needs, with the ultimate goal of finding them a family
3. Community involvement-spreading awareness and mobilizing people to help carry out their mission
ShowHope highlights:
-2,000+ grants to help place orphans in loving homes
-over a million dollars in grants given out a year
-35 church adoption programs have received grants
-13 million people at the Cry for Orphans Campaign
-30 orphans in Uganda have shelter due to this mission
-$120,000 raised for the Mackenzie Fund to give money for orphan's surgeries
-120 special needs orphans served in Maria's Big House of Hope
Find your passion and stick to it. What is the driving force behind what you do? What are you working for? What do you want out of each day? Don't waste what you have been blessed with, make it worthwhile and you will go farther with each goal you set.
Megan
This makes me so proud!!!!
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