Wendy's Donates to Adoption for Father's Day

Father’s Day Frosty WeekendWendy’s restaurants will be donating 50 cents for every Frosty product purchased over the Father’s Day weekend (June 20-21) to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s initiatives. Customers can also stop by Wendy’s and donate by purchasing a Frosty pin-up for $1 each.

This year, Wendy’s started a new tradition for Father’s Day. Kids can go to FrostyCard.com to create a free custom Father’s Day eCard and Wendy’s will donate an additional 25¢ to the Foundation for every Frosty Card sent. Kids choose from a variety of scenes and objects, from sandcastles on the beach to baseball in the backyard, or they can give Dad a taste of Hollywood by selecting a pre-designed card created by a celebrity.

Day of the African Child: June 16

Today is the Day of the African Child. The following is an exerpt from a UNICEF press release:

The Day of the African Child is celebrated on June 16 in recognition of the day when, in 1976, thousands of black school children in Soweto, South Africa, took to the streets to protest the inferior quality of their education and to demand their right to be taught in their own language. Hundreds of young boys and girls were shot; and in the two weeks of protest that followed, more than 100 people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured.

UNICEF Press Release about the Day: http://www.unicef.org/media/media_40005.html

Article from Namibia "More Children Face Orphanhood" http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=4962

"Another Man's War" Orphans in the Southern Sudan

I just finished a fascinating book about Sam Childers and his Children's Village in Southern Sudan called "Another Man's War."

Sam Childers was a rough and tough, drug dealing, sex-crazed, fight-loving teenager who lived only for himself. He eventually learned the construction trade and grew a construction company. Then one day God came into his life through his wife and a South African preacher. The South African preacher talked Sam into coming to Africa and Sam's heart never left.

God called rough and tough Sam Childers to establish an orphanage in the middle of a civil war in Southern Sudan. Using his construction skills, he built the orphanage from the ground up and surrounded it by a fence. Sam and the guards carry AK-47s to protect themselves and the children. Sometimes they rescue children from the site of atrocities committed against the people and the children; sometimes the children come to them. But there are always children. Children without parents. Children who have seen and done horrible things. Children with no hope. For them, Children's Village is an outpost of hope.

Its a story of God's preparation, God's calling and God's protection. Its a story of God sending one man to provide hope for his children. It is a quick read, inspiring and fascinating.

The Children's Village website is http://www.boyerspond.com/

An Orphan's Ticket Home Gala

From Amanda Lawrence at America World Adoption.
Contact Amanda at (703) 891-3278

It is with great humbleness and excitement that I announce that this year our agency is holding an Orphan’s Ticket Home Gala right here in Nashville, TN!!! This great orphan awareness event will take place Saturday, August 8th at the Gaylord Springs Golf Club. As you know with any fundraiser, you go with great faith but great dependence on the Lord to open the storehouses of heaven and pour out the blessings on it. We held this event in San Antonio last year and it was incredible. Many of you have heard our Guest Speaker before or read his books so you know the truth that he comes to share about orphan care will and can change lives. Unity is the cry of the church and we can do so much more together than apart. Plus, we could help spread orphan awareness in our Nashville metro community even more! God has already so blessed this event!

Our incredible program includes a Silent Auction and Dinner with Guest Musician, Award winning Britt Nicole (thank you Bryan Ward!) and Guest Speaker, Author of Fields of the Fatherless and Red Letters, Tom Davis. Nicole is famous for her song, Set the World on Fire and will be releasing her new album that same week. So, we will be the first to hear some of her new songs and be led in a wonderful time of worship pursuing the heart of God for the orphans.