For two Sundays in December, my SS class took a break from our "regularly scheduled curriculum" and watched the movie "The Christmas Child".  Have you seen it?  If not, I recommend it.  It's based on the  book, by the same name, by Max Lucado;  and has some of my favorite actors/actresses in it~ William Moses plays the main character and his wife is played by Meagan Follows (of "Anne of Green Gables" fame).  And, best of all, the pastor in the movie is played by Steven Curtis Chapman! 

Anyway, last Sunday, we followed up viewing the movie by watching some video clips~ Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman's adoption story and their vision for Shaohannah's Hope.  My goal in doing this was to have the kids in my class become more aware of the world around them, instead of just the "small world" that they each live in.  There is so much hurt and sadness in the world.

The kids were amazed at some of the adoption/orphan statistics that they heard~ there are over 143 million orphans in the world (did you know that?) As a result, we have decided to do a service project in our class.  We are going to be collecting change in a bucket (that Ashley and I made from a peanut bucket from the beach that we covered with the above graphic).  When the bucket is full, we will count our money and send a check to Shaohannah's Hope.  I hope this will become an ongoing project with our class, and something that the kids can take pride in and really claim. 

“The need of orphans is so great that we too often believe the lie that one person can’t do anything significant. But this is a unique opportunity to make a difference just by collecting your loose change and gathering a couple friends to do it with you, by donating that pile of coins you have lying around, or by giving up a cup of coffee each week and bringing in that money. Small things add up, and together we can change the life of an orphan.” - Stephen Curtis Chapman

If you would like more information about how you too can Show Hope for Orpans by collecting change, please feel free to ask me or check out the Shaohannah's Hope website.   

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Jan. 14, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by 4sweetums

That was great. Thanks so much for sharing. I will add that site to our charity file. The kids like helping children and adoption is important to them.
Blessings,
4sweetums

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Jan. 14, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by denisebp

What a great service project, Heidi. I think I'll talk to someone at our church about doing something similar.

Thanks!
Denise

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Jan. 15, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by blessedmomof10

Heidi.........wow..... I am in tears... I can hardly write..... my heart... oh it breaks....... I wish we could do more...... we are going to do more! Thank yo for sharing this.... my heart is like yours.... in the fields of the fatherless ~~~

Gloria

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Jan. 31, 2008 - thank you!

Posted by Anonymous

such a great post. I have been looking into adopting a young boy from China...but I am not sure that we can afford it. I have been trusting God with this...and i know if it's His will...that we will find the money! It's so sad how many orphans there are that don't have the love of a family.

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Jan. 31, 2008 - whoops...

Posted by Anonymous

sorry...i forget on here i am marked as anonymous! LOL that last comment was from me~ Katy :)

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