The best ripples of all...

I would have to say that this whole Water for Christmas campaign has changed me life in a much bigger way that I ever expected. I think the biggest surprise to me has been the change I have seen in my kids. They truly seem to "get it". When we first started talking about giving up some things at Christmas and about the water crisis in general, they were very responsive. I asked them if they would be willing to give up one of their Christmas gifts in order to donate money to building wells. Brigg's immediate response was, "Why don't we give up ALL our Christmas gifts? We don't need any toys!"

My heart about burst out of my chest.

They get it.

We drove by the local movie store the other day and Lani asked, "Mom, can we stop and rent a movie and a game?"

And Brigg replied with, "No Lani. Don't you remember the wells? We can't spend any extra money until Christmas is over. We need to give it to the wells!"

They get it.

And I keep hearing stories like this over and over.

Today, Amy posted about her 10 year old son, Isaiah, and I teared up reading it. This is where we may just see the biggest impact. The lives of our children. They are our future. They learn by example. They are watching, even when we don't think they are.

They get it.

Here is Amy's blog from today....

Isaiah came upstairs tonight, at 10pm. He said he had finished his poem, that wasn't really a poem, about a place.He was supposed to draw a picture, and then talk about the place, or thing, or whatever, so people would know what or where or who it was.Below is the picture...

Isaiah came upstairs tonight, at 10pm. He said he had finished his poem, that wasn't really a poem, about a place.He was supposed to draw a picture, and then talk about the place, or thing, or whatever, so people would know what or where or who it was.Below is the picture...

And this is what it says, again, completely unedited, just the straight talk of a ten year old boy...

I am a continent.

People give to people who live here.

You can too.

You can make a difference, because distance does not decide who's your brother and who is not.

You can give five dollars and that would be enough to give one person fresh water for five years.

So can't you see?

You can make a difference!

Every 90 seconds someone dies of something dumb like not having enough food or water.

So, if you give, you can save millions of lives.

I want you to think about how many seconds are in a day, and just see how many people die in ME every day.

Isn't that a lot?

And think of an average kid in ME, what they eat and drink in a day, and how much you eat and drink, can you see the difference?

I am not asking you to give one hundred dollars in a donation.

I'm asking if you could give just one dollar for a donation, because one dollar is enough fresh water for one person in ME, for one year.

So once again, you can make a difference.

So, give, give, give to ME....

AFRICA.

He is TEN. He gets it. And that is so awesome. Today is another $10 Friday. Let's give. Just $10 today. If we all band together, WE CAN BUILD A WELL IN ONE DAY! And imagine the ripples from that!

Go and donate! Click the red button and give something...even just a dollar...just give something. Change a life. I can honestly say that it may just end up changing yours more than anyone elses..