It's so easy to brush aside the disasters of the world as we live a comfortable life. Even with the modern world of communications and constant awareness, it is so easy to turn off the channel or toss the newspaper rather than face the horror of poverty, death and destruction…compassion is just a mere tinge of a feeling. Earthquakes, hurricanes, landslides, floods, disease, droughts, starvation and war are something most of us just read about.

Children suffer at the hands of disaster while many of us turn our heads thinking if we don't see it or know about it, it will go away and cease to exist.

Yes, we struggle and many of us think we live a simple sacrificial life for God while we often grumble that our neighbor has more than we do. We refuse to reach out to the needy because we say it doesn't make a dent in the world of suffering.

Oh, you say you are concerned about the hungry in the world. Millions are starving and you say, "What can I do?"

FEED ONE:
You grieve for the unborn children murdered everyday and you say, "What can I do?"

SAVE ONE:
You're haunted by the homeless poor who wander city streets and you shrug your shoulders saying, "What can I do?"

SHELTER ONE:
You feel compassion for those who suffer pain, sorrow, and despair and as you turn away you say, "But what can I do?"

COMFORT ONE:
Your heart goes out to the lonely, abused, and ask, "What can I do?"

LOVE ONE:
Remember this my friend that over two thousand years ago the world was also filled with those in need, just as it is today, and when the helpless called out to God for mercy, He sent a Savior. Hope began with only one.

Jerry goes to Honduras every three months to interview children in need of medical treatment. Many cases are life-threatening. You can't look at the hundreds that need help and give up because you can't help them all. But to reach out to one life at a time while leading one soul at a time to the love of Jesus Christ, eventually multiplies to help hundreds.

Preparing to come from Honduras is Noe and Elizabeth for severe burns. And Clarissa, age 3 for orthopedic surgery.

Scheduled for spinal surgery is Milton, age 18, as he waits for his mother to arrive from Guatemala. The tumor is entwined around his spine and is very serious. It is causing his hand to become crippled, and if not removed will eventually take his life.

We are often asked how we find these children. All I can say is that God sends them to us. Often by way of missionaries and sometimes by a "Feed the Children" medical team. Feed the Children is a wonderful organization that works hand in hand with other ministries, helping thousands with their medical teams that go every three months to third world countries, as well as tons of food to feed the starving of the world. They have given food to us many times as they care about children even in the hills of Kentucky. God bless the ministries that share with each other, and work with each other to touch the world.

Update: the new "Bread of Life Café" is soon to be a reality. We are striving for an April deadline if all the plans fall into place. The bricks purchased are very appreciated to help fund this project which will provide jobs and funding for the children here.

Anyone interested in purchasing an "engraved" brick, (which we now decided to place in a wall instead of a sidewalk) can still purchase one for $100.00. Up to five lines to honor or remember a loved one that will benefit the future of this ministry.

Whether we help a child get an artificial leg to walk for the first time, or to be able to comfort a child who witnessed her mommy and daddy get murdered, or to help a mother in prison by caring for her newborn, or to assist a young man, whose hands were blown off in the Afghan War, become legal in the U. S. States, or to hand feed and make happy a grown disabled child who is unable to care for himself.

All is an honorable service to God.

Hope began with only one!

Ever to Him,
Jerry, Sandy & God's Children

P.S. - Just a few minutes ago, Pedro, age 14, and Hilario, age 18, from Honduras returned from Atlanta, GA after receiving their first artificial legs. Today is the first time in their lives to walk without a crutch. They were both born with deformed, withered leg. Again, our sincere thanks to Jan Wooten and Wooten Prosthetics for providing legs and a set of hands at no charge, to five of our children.