Bring Your Buck this Sunday
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We’ve been doing great every month of 2009, let’s keep it up!
Bring Your Buck Sunday tomorrow
Hey everyone,
Also, Kathy Collier (a Sr. High leader) will be sharing about her experiences in Kenya earlier this month with the Northwood Mission Team. You won’t want to miss it!
We made it!
For the first month since we adopted Melanie, our Compassion child from Ecuador, we collected the full $32 needed to pay for her health care education and nourishment. Thanks to those of you who were generous in giving 2, 3, 5, and even 20 dollars!
Hopefully this will start the trend of making our goal each month. On behalf of Melanie, Gracias!
Bring Your Buck Sunday - March 9
This Sunday is "Bring Your Buck Day" for March. Each month we collect a dollar from each student in NSL to support Melanie, a young girl from Ecuador who we've adopted through Compassion International.
These last few months we've been falling short, so this month we're asking for some extra generosity to makes sure we meet our goal of $32. We will also be taking pictures to send to Melanie, so you won't want to miss youth group this Sunday.
"Bring Your Buck" This Sunday
Northwood Student Life proudly sponsors a child through Compassion International. Her name is Melanie, and she lives near the Pacific coast in Ecuador. Each month we have a “Bring Your Buck” Sunday where students are encouraged to bring at least 1 dollar toward her monthly adoption of $32. The proceeds all go to help Melanie get an education, receive food and healthcare, and learn about how much she is loved by Jesus! Pretty good for less than a cost of a soda, huh? So please bring a dollar this Sunday and get to either Jason Dyer (Senior High leader) or Luke Trouten (the bearded fury). It’s not that hard to change a life.
Showing Compassion
NSL has a kid! A few weeks ago the awesome teens of Northwood Student Life (that's you) made the decision to sponsor a child somewhere in the world. By pulling together we're able to provide a lot of help to a child. Things like:
- Educational opportunities
- Health care and supplemental nutrition
- Opportunities for safe recreation
- Opportunities to learn about important life skills
- Most important of all, sponsoring a child will allow your child to hear about Jesus and be encouraged to develop a lifelong relationship with God.
So it is with great pleasure that I introduce to you Melanie Nicole Oña Barreno, our sponsored child from Ecuador. Melanie is 7 years old and lives near the Pacific coast, she likes basketball, singing, and telling stories. She lives with 1 sibling and her Mom and Dad. Here she is!
So what do you do now? First (and most importantly), pray. Pray for Melanie, for her health and her family, and that our sponsoring her will start a great and exciting change in her life! Second, watch for the first Bring Your Buck Sunday next month.
NSL is changing a life in Ecuador, that's pretty cool.