I heard about a true incident that must be shared. Some years back Jan Crouch of TBN started a little ministry called “Smiles For A Child” which started out giving little Barbee sized dolls and toy cars and trucks to children around the world who have very little hope for anything other than maybe an occasional morsel to eat. It started very similar to the idea of the shoe boxes that Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse gives out. Each Smiles For A Child doll or toy car has a note attached that says “A Gift From Jesus,” and has a few paragraphs about Jesus. This ministry has now grown to include totally supporting orphanages and children’s clinics around the world.
        In December Jan got a phone call from Doris Jeune, who, along with her husband, has a ministry that endeavors to help the most hopeless of children in Haiti, of which there are tens of thousands. In the phone call Doris told Jan that they were planning a Christmas party for a few thousand destitute children there in Haiti. She asked Jan if there were any way to get some of the dolls for the little girls and toy cars for the little boys. Due to the timing of the planned party there was no way to get the dolls and toys from California to Haiti in time; however, Jan knew that she did have about two thousand in a warehouse in Miami, so she promised those.
        The party did happen and all of the needy children were fed a good meal. They then passed out the dolls and cars. A doll to a girl, and a car to a boy. Then a doll to another girl, and a toy truck to a boy. This went on and on. Finally, Doris pulled the last doll out of the last box and handed it to the very last beaming child. There were no more dolls or toys. Miraculously there were no more empty handed children.
        That is amazing enough, but now for the rest of the story. Two thousand dolls and toy cars were sent from Miami. Two Thousand arrived in Haiti. The workers there counted them. But six thousand children attended the party. The last of the six thousand children got the very last doll. Like the loaves and fishes, God miraculously increased the number from two thousand to six thousand, so that the last little set of hands could hug a little doll, and every single child could have a “Gift From Jesus” and a smile.
        God is Love.

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 at 9:21 pm and is filed under Shadows.