One Proud Mama

A few months ago, Kat came to me in tears. Weeping, she explained that God had begun to give her visions, images of children's faces from around the world. She said that God had told her that these children didn't have parents, and that they needed her help. She melted into my arms, crying, "What do I do Mommy? How do I help them?"


I had no idea what to do. Or say.


So I told her to pray. To ask God to give her ideas, ways she could help.


Fast-forward to last month. We are prayer partners with a ministry called Tender Hands, which fights human trafficking in India. One major component of their ministry is an American-style bakery where they teach the girls how to cook, how to run a business, how to survive outside of slavery. They asked their prayer partners to host a bake sale fundraiser in honor of these girls, to raise both money and awareness for their ministry.


Kat read the email and immediately said, "Yes Mommy! That's something I can do!"


What began as a simple email turned into so much more:

-An email to our church administrator asking for the use of tables in the foyer one Sunday turned into, "What if we dedicated this Sunday to Tender Hands? Took up a special offering for them along with the bake sale?"

- A question of "Would you mind if I asked a few other people if they'd like to bake something to contribute?" turned into 14 people from our church showering us with enough baked goods to fill 4 8-ft tables.

- A simple plea of a child's heart, to help children just like her, turned into $1,524 that will go directly to Tender Hands to continue working with the women and children who so desperately need the hope and help THI provides.

- And, most importantly, my daughter saw that when you have a dream, friends and family will rally around you, support you, and encourage you to chase that dream with everything you have.




*If you'd like to learn more about THI and the amazing work they do, you can check out their website at http://tenderhands.org/.