With my 'Pledges for Pleven' fund-raiser coming to an end, I'm honestly in awe. Though many of the numbers never got claimed God remained faithful. During this fund-raiser I had an anonymous local donor donate nearly $300 towards Pleven! Never before have I seen such generosity towards Pleven from someone locally, their outreach literally left me in tears and gave me hope that many do still care.
$307 later and I am grateful for the hearts that God moved, and the hands who gave.
I'm already at it again, a t-shirt fund-raiser this time. Though I may have time to waste, the children in Pleven are already living on borrowed time, they needed out yesterday. We got an update on Pleven a few days ago, many of the older children are being taken out of Pleven and being moved to a group home, which though it sounds beneficial it's disastrous. The staff who will be running this group home are former Pleven owners, who hurt and abused the children in Pleven...they literally made it a Hell On Earth. I'm horrified, sick to my stomach, and heartbroken for the children who are being taken to this home.
We can only pray, and yes prayer is very powerful but I still feel the urge to rescue those children from dangers grip, to take them somewhere safe where they will be harmed no more. So for now I will pray, that God will bring mercy to these children, that the US Embassy in Bulgaria will see that we are working to find families, and build a real group home for these kids where they can feel worthy, I will pray that God's hand is on everything, including this t-shirt fundraiser. He is God, and He is sovereign, His plan is best, and I have to trust that...even when it's hard.
We can only pray, and yes prayer is very powerful but I still feel the urge to rescue those children from dangers grip, to take them somewhere safe where they will be harmed no more. So for now I will pray, that God will bring mercy to these children, that the US Embassy in Bulgaria will see that we are working to find families, and build a real group home for these kids where they can feel worthy, I will pray that God's hand is on everything, including this t-shirt fundraiser. He is God, and He is sovereign, His plan is best, and I have to trust that...even when it's hard.
If you are interested in buying a 'Pray For Pleven' t-shirt (they are available in adult, and children's sizes), you can use this link: http://teespring.com/PrayForPleven
