Mupenzi Jule

Last night, as a family, through Compassion International we chose Mupenzi Jule from Rwanda to sponsor. I confess I had always thought that when you sponsor a child they send you some random picture of a kid half way across the world and put your donation into their big fund. Boy was I wrong. Through my Hope Lives class and reading through testimonies of sponsored kids I am learning the truth. And learning what my role is in this war against poverty.
Mupenzi is a 6 year old little boy who has 2 siblings and likes to play soccer. His daily chores including carrying water and gathering firewood. Our boys have already printed out his country's flag and colored it and are ready to send it to him and get to know him. I am excited to get to know him too and even more excited that we get to make a difference with one life, one soul, a child of God who is in need.