A few weeks before Christmas, I got a message on Twitter from Stacey asking where I live in relation to Borneo. Her daughter wanted to give a Christmas gift to someone in Borneo {really? How does a 5 year old even know what Borneo is?!!}. Well, I told her, it just so happens that we live on the island of Borneo, and I would love to help her little girl’s dream come true.
And, in the midst of a little girl’s dream, a family had one of their dreams come true as well.
You may remember my dear friend that needed an eye operation. As I mentioned before, she is one of the hardest workers I know. She is always finding new ways to earn money so that she can buy her children the important things, which are, as she says, “milk and fruit.”
So, when Stacey contacted me I knew immediately what gift her little girl could give. Chickens. A gift that will keep on giving. My friend already had a male rooster, now she just needed a couple of hens to make a complete egg and chicken operation.
When I mentioned to her that there was a little girl in America that wanted to give her a Christmas present of chickens, she cried. She was touched and overwhelmed.
Then spent the next 3 days researching the very best chickens to be had on our island to get the most for her money! In the end, a little girl’s gift of $30 bought 3 hens and some really nice chicken feed {the best, my friend says}.
It is truly amazing to see how God can knit hearts together of two bloggers, having only met once at a blogging conference, and use the two of them together to bring God’s glory across the miles. Thank you, Stacey, for instilling a heart of service into your children, and for using social media to invest in God’s work around the world.
Make sure you visit Stacey today to hear her side of the story! You won’t want to miss it!!
