great page & AWESOME efforts on your DD's part - I've been to the DR- recently & they do need those chickens- I was awed that they only have power a few hours a day- so no one had a fridge unless they have a generator & that's only the rich. We gave the maid at the resort a dollar a day & that was a lot for them!!! America has the richest poor in the world- travel to a 3rd world country like DR and it's obvious... Your DD is doing a great thing- I applaud her work and heart
What an AMAZING story! She is quite a young lady. I know you are incredibly proud of her. What a tremendous sacrifice on her part - and she learned so much about giving to others. Wow. Tell her that for today, SHE is my hero!
This lo is for the Colors of the Month Challenge-Denim and Terra Cotta and for the 1 Photo Challenge. This is my beautiful dd who just has the biggest heart in the world. Here is the jorunaling that explains the pix and the lo:
Vashti is just the sweetest thing!! After Christmas (2011) she decided that she want to send a goat and a dozen chickens to another country through Samaritans Purse. She was so excited!! She used all her January allowance and her Christmas money…$84 dollars. Which got her thinking about whether or not she could do the same thing for CCS's sister school in Santa Rosa, Dominican Republic. So, we had a talk with Mr. Krontz, who is in charge of the Sr. Missions trip to the DR to pitch her idea!! She thought we could get them a bunch of chickens!! He was thrilled. He told Vashti that if she could raise $100 he would match it, dollar for dollar!! I decided it was such a good cause, that I would match her dollar for dollar as well. She got right to work looking for ways to EARN the $100. She didn't want to use gifts or her allowance. She wanted to work for the money. She picked dandelions for Opop at the rich price of .03 cents each. She ended up earning $27.51. So exciting!! Besides that, she cleaned my car, did some outside work for daddy, and helped Opop clean up his yard. She ended up with the whole $100 that she could truly say she earned!! Then to top it all off, daddy gave her $30 and Gram gave her $50!! This meant that when she was all done, she had $380 with which they could buy chickens. But she was so close to $400, she decided to throw in her May allowance to make it that even $400. Off the seniors went to Santa Rosa, with $400 dollars to buy chickens!! They were able to buy appox. 127 chickens, and food for 6 months!! It's just so exciting!! Each family from the DR school will get 3 chickens. They were so tickled to be getting a means of having food. It's just wonderful!! Vashti was thrilled to have been a blessing to the DR. Mr. Krontz had this picture made in appreciation of Vashti's gift. On the back of the picture is the recite for the first 102 chickens!! In 3 years she will get to go to Santa Rosa to see the people and visit the chickens. She's already starting to save for next years chickens!! God is so good!! May 2012 TFL Have a wonderful, love filled day!!
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