His name is Ebenezer and his birthday is sometime in May.

He’s one of the reasons that I am going to Ghana with Compassion.

When I say that his birthday is some time in May, it’s not just because of my lack of attention to detail (although it could be) but it appears that no one knows.

In different cultures, birthdays are celebrated in a variety of ways but I have to guess that it’s something that God has placed in all of our hearts, the desire for our birth to be noticed and, dare I say, celebrated.

I can’t stop looking at his face.

Is his shyness from being photographed?

Now that he’s 10 years old, is it a dawning realization that his future seems bleak?

What would Ebenezer’s picture look like if he got word that you had chosen to sponsor him?

What would it mean to this newly minted 10 year old boy that someone in America wanted to make sure that he received the education, health care, and Bible teaching of the children in the Compassion program?

I think that I have room for a birthday present in my luggage. Can I tell him that it’s from you?

If you want to sponsor Ebenezer, e-mail me anitra@reachfm.org.

If you want to see the pictures and details of other children in Ghana and around the world who are waiting for sponsors, click here.

If you want to know what pure religion is, here you go.

Happy Birthday, Ebenezer!

God may be the only one who knows the exact date of your birth but He’s not the only one who celebrates your existence.

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Blake Koch, Nascar Driver in the GodSpeaks.com #21

This morning was one of the many in which I pinch myself when I realize that this is what I do for a living. There were so many great listeners who called in, great music like 10th Avenue North and Third Day and a guest like Blake Koch who just makes any morning brighter.

If you had a chance to tune in this morning or to listen live at ReachFM.org, you heard how God has moved in Blake’s life to put him in a position now where even signing autographs is an outreach.

When your car has the words…Follow Me… on it and it dares to proclaim that God is still willing, able and even anxious to speak to us today, you’ve got to imagine that people are listening to you fairly attentively.

Blake Koch #21

Blake is a young man who has had alot of incredible opportunities within music, film, sports and now Nascar. It was fun to hear him talk about the amazing response the 18-wheeler car hauler has gotten as it rumbles down the road.

If you are in the Orlando area this weekend, check out the Orlando SpeedWorld. Blake and the GodSpeaks car will be racing and trying to remind a few thousand more people that God is still speaking today- and it might be worth finding out what He wants to say.

-Anitra

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Ouch!

with a single shot?

Last June, many of you responded to the needs of children around the world and made the life-changing commitment to sponsor a child through Compassion.

I have loved hearing your stories of pictures that were exchanged, birthdays that were celebrated and families that were shared as you corresponded with your child.

In August, I will have the chance to see this relationship from the other side. I will be traveling with Compassion to Ghana to visit some of the Child Development Centers and to meet some of your children face to face.

Over the next 10 weeks, I will be sharing more about the journey and how you can be a part of rescuing a child from poverty in the name of Jesus.

For me the first step was to obtain my yellow fever vaccine since the one that I had gotten before going to Liberia expires this year.

Actual conversation between the nurse and me

Nurse: I can’t believe you’re taking my last vaccine.

Me: Isn’t that what they’re for?

Nurse: I wouldn’t go anywhere that you need a shot for.

Me: You would if they needed you.

Nurse: You’re from the church that I’ve been hearing about, aren’t you?

This is the rest of the story (or what I wished I’d said:) Yes, Fabiola, I am. But more importantly, I’m “from” a group of people who have discovered that God cared enough to travel much farther than the 4722 nautical miles that separate Miami and Accra, Ghana. He also endured much more than the prick of a yellow fever shot.

He’s the one that I’m looking for when I get off the plane in Ghana. I’ve traveled enough to know that I’m not bringing Jesus to Ghana. He’s already there. Somewhere inside of me, I know that I need Africa much more than Africa needs me.

Join me for the journey!

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