User talk:Alanni

LIVING HOPE!
What Legacy are you willing to leave behind? THE FACTS: At the end of 2003, over 25 million people were living with HIV in Africa. Two million were children under the age of 15. 4.8 million were newly infected in 2003; 630,000 of whom were children. 50-80% of the hospital beds in Africa are occupied by AIDS patients. 3 million Africans die EVERY YEAR from AIDS … 250,000 die every month… 57,533 die every week… 8,219 die every day… 5 die EVERY MINUTE.

THE HISTORY: These horrible realities grabbed my heart when I (Nathaniel Elliott) was first exposed to the gruesome effects of AIDS during the summer of 2005 in Gambia, Africa. I was on my fourth summer missions trip with Royal Servants International. The founder of the group told us bluntly: "Millions of people in Africa alone will be HIV positive by the time you graduate from high school, and that number is rising daily." I knew that day I had to do something about the seriousness of such statistics.

But I also sensed the gap between knowing these numbers and actually caring. And so I set out to close this gap.

THE TRIP: This summer five guys and I are taking a school bus from Washington DC to Seattle to speak at youth rallis, concerts, churches, schools, and anywhere else that will let us. We are passionate about those affected by AIDS and want to convey the pressing urgency of this emergency. For once you know, then you can act.

We want to change the way American youth think about AIDS in Africa. These children that loose their parents, their homes, even their own lives to this devastating disease are not just numbers. They are human beings; they are children, just like you and me. We want to help kids in America see the lives of the children in Africa as having the same value of ours.

We want to instill American youth with a passion to give hope to those who are dying. We believe that the facts of AIDS, delivered through visuals, dramas, and stories of what is happening in the lives of children TODAY demands a response and I believe our generation will respond.

THE SCHOOLS: The children in Africa need hope. We can give them that! Through raising awareness, we will also be raising the necessary funds to build schools for AIDS infected children and children orphaned by AIDS, Our goal is $250,000.

Why a school for children who have AIDS? To educate a child is to give that child hope. When millions of children affected by this disease live daily in a climate where there is no hope, education will provide these children with the resources to have a different future, one in which suffering is minimized through the gift of education.

We will employ Africans to build the schools during the summer of 2007.

WORLD VISION: I brought this proposal to World Vision, who is extremely enthusiastic. World Vision has offered to plan the itinerary for the summer trip, and has been really helpful in getting the word out.

OUR LIVING HOPE: Jesus Christ is our hope. Without Him we can do nothing, and this trip is for His glory. We are so grateful for His grace, and know His heart breaks over these children more then ours ever will. We pray we can be used as His vessels to carry the message of the freedom of Jesus Christ to the nations.

Our trip is called Living Hope for this reason. We pray the hearts of many will be touched by the Holy Spirit to help us with prayer and finances in reaching our goal to build these schools, but more than anything else, that people will be inpacted by the humility of Jesus and His love.

Wherever these schools are eventually built, we pray that people will be able to go back, perhaps even YOU, and present the Gospel to these children. Jesus Christ is the ultimate hope!

FUNDS: In order to get this trip on the road, we need to raise funds to transform a school bus, which was donated for the trip, into our living quarters for the summer. Such fundraising is currently taking place.

Please consider supporting this trip with a response and prayer! Nathaniel@lhbustrip.com [www.lhbustrip.com]

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