Tanks A Lot

Madison and I were reading Clubhouse Jr. Magazine and came across a story about an orphanage in Uganda, Africa. After finishing the story, she look at me with tears in her eyes and said "What are we going to do to help these kids Mom?" We immediately starting researching this orphanage on the computer. They have a program called Tanks A Lot that collects tank tops for children in the Watoto Ophanage in Uganda. We wrote her classmates at High Hopes telling them about the program. Then we contacted our church and let them know that she wanted to include this project in the Faith in Action campaign. The results were astounding! We collected 107 tank tops! All of the kids in the children ministry donated change to this project. We collected a little over $1,000 worth of pocket change! I told Madison that it was like the miracle of God taking the fish and loaves and feeding the multitude! Madison's determination to help the less fortunate has really encouraged me! We contacted the orphanage to see what they wanted us to do with the donations. We are donating the money to buy formula for the babies in the orphanage. They have over 80 infants that require formula! We feel honored to be a part of God's work with this project. I would love to take Madison to Africa one day to show her how her eagerness to help others is so needed in a land of poverty. I thank God for her compassionate heart.