|
Written by Andy Wain
|
|
Monday, 22 March 2010 14:17 |
|
Andrew White is the vicar of the St George's which has a congregation of over 3,700 Iraqi Christians and is the only Anglican church in Bagdad: This is an excerpt from his latest email.
Joanna Flynn, is a 9 year old girl who goes to the River Church in Cherry Hill, New Jersey; a great church led by Kyle Horner where I spoke just two weeks ago...[when] I got back from the USA I was told about our terrible financial situation [in St George's Church]...Kyle Horner then contacted me to say that little Joanna had given her life savings for the children of St. George's Church. She was saving to buy a dog and she had collected $80 she gave it all...I told her story to several people and they started to give money. I do not know exactly how much was given in response to the story about Joanna. It has been thousands of dollars and we now have enough to feed our people this coming month. In addition to this I have been given $500 for her to buy a puppy.
To find out more about the work of Andrew White or to follow Joanna's amazing example and give to St George's church visit www.frrme.org (If you want to give in response after reading this, please specify that it relates to Joanna's story)
|