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By Heather Kucman, a new sponsor from Ontario, Canada
We are like most North American families…. Just regular people trying our best to make a difference for God in the world. We ask for direction and wisdom and how to serve Him best. Sometimes it’s not easy to know what God’s plans are and sometimes it’s crystal clear. That was the case for us on a regular Saturday in April.
We had never attended the Ontario Christian Conference before, as a matter of fact we didn’t really make up our minds to go until just a week before. It was mostly our girls who really pushed us; Ella (10), Allie (9) and Maddie (6) were really excited to attend the children’s program and so off we went.
During the first intermission we came across three smiling friendly faces standing at the Lifeline booth and, in a way that only God can move, all 5 of us were drawn over to introduce ourselves. The girls immediately were drawn to “the spider man” from Prince Edward Island (Jim Dewar, Lifeline Volunteer Work Team Coordinator) who told them wonderfully (scary) stories about the tarantulas in Haiti!
As they were engrossed with all the details, I got to chat with Audra (Lifeline’s Lovelink Development Coordinator) about what Lifeline does and how it’s making a difference. While we chatted I felt an immediate connection to this lovely lady and soon we were planning future family mission trips. 🙂
Than it happened…out of the corner of my eye I saw them…3 perfectly lined up sponsorship cards: 2 boys and a girl. I was led to go look and was taken back because all 3 of them matched my children’s birth years. “But we already sponsor a child,” I thought.
Another session was starting and we said goodbye, but when I sat down I couldn’t shake it… God was telling me to go sponsor those children. I told my husband who smiled and said we would talk later. The session began and it was full of wonderful teaching, however all I could hear was God’s still small voice telling me to “act and do it now”
Dinner break came and I walked by the booth again and thought “I can’t sponsor all 3…that’s a lot of money…”
“Too much for me?” I heard in my heart.
We went outside and Ella my oldest said “your thinking about those little kids aren’t you?”
And that was it. I had to obey God and go back in. I went to my husband Joe and said “God has asked us to go sponsor all 3 of those children… The ones with the same birthdays as our girls!”
With a smile he said, “You better go do it then”
The second I told Audra I was back to sponsor them, the joy on her face really made me emotional; this is not a job for her, it’s a mission.
We are blessed to have met Lifeline and we are thrilled to be partnering with them in this work.
Thank you for being God’s hands and feet In a world where children are too often overlooked and under appreciated.
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