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Paul’s Story: Where a Journey Meets Dreams
When you’re hungry, it’s hard to see any future beyond your next meal. Hunger consumes your thoughts and drives your actions until all of the energy in your body is spent. Have you ever tried to sleep on an empty stomach? The pain and the emptiness keeps you awake, tossing and turning. Your energy is too low, your mind is too exhausted to pretend the hunger isn’t there, but there's too much pain to actually rest. Paul became an orphan at a young age. His oldest sisters dropped out of school to try to care for their siblings, but it Newsletter
Celebrating Health and Recovery Made Possible by You
Our world is simultaneously in recovery and actively fighting on many fronts. In this stressful time, it’s essential to take a moment to celebrate all the good. Here at Kinship United, we celebrate the good you make possible every single day. Rural, impoverished communities were unprepared for the pandemic far before it ever began. We hoped to see more recovery by now, but the global health crisis continues. That’s where you came in. You provided the food shipments, shelter, education supplies, and more to help Kinship orphans and widows thrive, through ongoing uncertainty and extreme scarcity. Despite constant struggle, God Newsletter
Focusing on Your Impact this World Food Day
Reading statistics about major humanitarian issues like world hunger gets discouraging. The numbers are overwhelming, and it seems impossible to make a difference. But with World Food Day coming up this weekend, we wanted to remind you that you ARE making a difference. You’re making it possible to ship and distribute meals to orphans, widows, and community members facing starvation. Thanks to your generous support and a partnership with Feed My Starving Children, almost 2 million MannaPack meals were shipped to Cambodia just this year alone – not to mention the food containers shipped to other countries as well. These Appreciation
Closing the Distance
Over the past year and a half, isolation and restricted travel have made the distance from who and what you love feel enormous. The distance from our Kinship Projects has felt a little bigger, too. Through varying degrees of lockdown around the world, there are ongoing struggles for Kinship Projects. But thanks to your generous support, they’re also encountering important successes. Smiles all around for the most recent shipment of MannaPack meals to Uganda. In Kenya… A few Kenyan Kinship Projects are celebrating the installation of electric water pumps and the fitting of a septic tank. But most homes in Newsletter
It Takes a Village… And You!
Just like your own children, Kinship Kids require consistent support to help keep them fed, housed, and educated. Raising a child takes ongoing support, a whole lot of love, and, of course, a village! Will you be the one to step up to bat for these children every month? A rewarding commitment like none other, monthly Kinship Project sponsorship is the best way to say: “I am here for you, you are loved, and unlike the others, I will not abandon you.” Or, more aptly, through the guidance of scripture: “It is the LORD who goes before you. He will Newsletter
