The PERFECT Gift for Teachers!! DOUBLED!!

I am SO excited to tell you about this SPECIAL opportunity to give to a teacher in your life. Aren't they hard to buy for? BE SURE TO KEEP READING... YOUR GIFT WILL BE DOUBLED!!!!

Are you searching for the perfect gift for the teachers in your life?  How about skipping the routine coffee mug or picture frame and make a donation to the Lifesong Schools in Ethiopia instead?  Teachers are guaranteed to love that you made such a thoughtful donation in their honor.

If you donate at least $10 in honor of your teacher, the Adami Tulu Team send you the card pictured to the left and below for you to give to your teacher. Isn't is gorgeous? I would LOVE to receive this as a gift during this season of GIVING!

"Several former teachers have told me that they would have loved to receive a gift like this. And, as a former teacher myself, I agree with them. Teachers get bombarded with coffee mugs, candy, and teacher do-dads at Christmastime. This year, give your teacher something truly meaningful instead; spread his or her love for education around the world." - Mary Beth Picker, Orphan Advocate

OK, now for the AMAZING part! As of last night, we have a generous donor that has stepped up to MATCH all donations to the Ziway and Adami Tulu Schools between now and December 31st... up to $130,000!!!!!! Can you tell I'm excited? What a GENEROUS way to make the most of your giving and bless the children and families in these communities! Let me tell you first hand, these schools NEED to be expanded... these children NEED an education... they NEED to be fed each day... they NEED to hear about Jesus! Lets give HOPE to these precious children in Ethiopia! 

Would you join us in prayer as we seek to make the need known? 

MAKE A MATCHED DONATION NOW!

***If you are giving a gift for a teacher and would like one of the cards mentioned above, As you donate, leave a note in the “Special Instructions” box telling us how many cards you would like.

I’m so incredibly thankful to these generous folks for their commitment to these kids in Ethiopia. For their belief in our shared vision of ending the global orphan crisis by keeping families together, breaking the cycle of poverty, and building self-sufficiency.

So I don’t know about you, but I’m incredibly enthused, excited and energized about this movement to change the world. I hope you’ll join us in acting today to maximize the impact of this generosity." - Aaron Klein, Orphan Advocate

Dad, how do you get rich?

"all" the money from an 8 yr old girl's piggy bank

A Lifesong giver recently shared this story with us...an example of how we get to advocate WITH our children!

I was driving home from bible study one evening when my 8 yr old daughter asked, “Dad how do you get rich?” I asked her why she wanted to get rich and she said that she didn’t really know but when pressed she wanted to buy another American Girl doll. I explained to her that many children didn’t even have one doll, let alone two.

She wanted to know why some people were rich and some were poor so I answered because God makes some rich and some poor. I explained that if we are rich we should not use it for ourselves but we should give it to the poor to help them…this makes God happy. I very thoughtful little girl asked if I know some poor people. I told her that I did and she asked if I could take her to meet them so she could give them the money she has in her piggy bank.

Over the last few months she has asked me several times if I can take her to some poor people so that she can give them her money. Well, the other Friday night my wife and I were talking about an orphanage in Honduras that has some needs. We were trying to narrow down how many of the needs we could help with when our 8 year old asked if the people there are poor. We explained that they are poor and she promptly declared that she wanted to give them all the money in her piggy bank, except the dollars she has gotten from losing teeth because she wants to keep track of how many teeth she loses…but when she’s done losing teeth she will give that money too. Well, she and her 4 year old sister pooled their piggy bank change and came up with $15 dollars. She is excited to give the money and never wavered in her decision.

The ironic thing is that my wife and I wrote the single largest donation check we have every written but in Jesus eyes our daughter has given more because she has given nearly everything she has. I praise God that he has given us a heart to share and that we have the opportunity to influence our children’s hearts for the poor.

As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. "I tell you the truth," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."   ~  Luke 21:1-4

"bike-wash" for orphans

Our kids and some of their neighborhood friends got together and did a "bike-wash for orphans" on a recent summer day. Fun to watch them live that day with purpose & intentionality...

The shined up those neighborhood bikes and added a little tire dressing too!

Investment: creativity, fun and 1 day's work

Return ROI:

$12 in sales that are given to help orphans through Lifesong, and a few kids whose heart for orphans and vulnerable children just widened a bit further...