WRITTEN BY ROSEMARY GAUNT
Rosemary and Geoff Gaunt from Lambrick Park Church in Victoria, BC visited their sponsored child, Shamil, in Ethiopia. Below is Rosemary's first-hand account of that life-changing experience.
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to His power that is at work within us." Ephesians 3:20
Today was finally the day to meet our sponsored child in Sasiga, Ethiopia. I knew I was supposed to be excited but I wasn’t sure what to be excited about; I wasn’t sure what I was really feeling
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to His power that is at work within us." Ephesians 3:20
Today was finally the day to meet our sponsored child in Sasiga, Ethiopia. I knew I was supposed to be excited but I wasn’t sure what to be excited about; I wasn’t sure what I was really feeling
Bouncing along in the four-wheel drive down a red dirt road
that had once again forded the rushing water of the local river, I gazed out at
the landscape – here, the fields were not green. Here, there was only tilled
earth, turned over dirt – nothing very
beautiful.
SHAMIL'S VILLAGE |
ROSEMARY AND SHAMIL |
SHAMIL BEING INTERVIEWED |
FAMILY PHOTO! |
SHAMIL AND HIS GIFT GUIDE GOATS |
Later, as we visited another sponsored child, we looked up and
there was Shamil. He had followed us down the road. As he got on his bike to
ride away, he looked back and waved. He
had taken the whole morning off school just to meet us. This was an important
event in his life and, quite unexpectedly, it turned out to be an equally
important event in my life.
SHAMIL WAVING GOODBYE |
To find out how you can get to know an amazing kid like Shamil, visit the Food for the Hungry sponsorship page or chat with someone in person toll free at 1-800-667-0605 or locally 604-853-4262.