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I received an annual report the other day for Anne, my World Vision sponsor child. When I looked at her photo, smiling from ear to ear with her big white teeth, I almost cried. This child lives and breathes simply because I give up a measly $40 a month! How incredible!
But there’s a great story behind how I chose my sponsor child Anne. My friend Ashlee works for World Vision and I asked her to choose a new child for me after my original child left the World Vision system. I asked her to find me a cute kid from Africa.
For some reason, Ashlee politely rebuked me for what she understood as a grave injustice. “Why does the child have to be cute?” she pleaded. She proceeded to explain how the ugly kids always stick around the table a lot longer than the cute ones and sometimes don’t get chosen at all.
What a horrible reality! So I told her, “Alright, find me the butt ugliest kid you can possibly track down and I’ll sponsor them.” Well, she sure did! Anne was definitely far from cute. But no less deserving of sponsorship than any other child on that table.
It’s interesting to see how little prejudices like that play out without noticing them. Am I more inclined to be friendly to a person if they are good-looking? Check this out. How much importance do we attach to outward beauty? How often do we see overweight or ugly people leading worship, doing the news or being featured on our flyers?
“Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight” – 1 Peter 3:3-4
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I pick the thinnest, sickest, saddest ones I can find.
Stanulus from Kenya looked like a skeleton when i chose him a year ago off a table at a conference. I was blessed to see a photo one year later of healthy kid dressed in a suit that I(the 30$ I sent) bought him for Christmas. Im still working on his smile though. Child sponsorship is one of the greatest priveleges I have in my life.
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