Dw and I were talking yesterday and looking back over some of the things we have done with our summers.

One summer in probably about 1981 we opened our home to host six pastors for a conference they were attending that week at our church in Buffalo.

In the summer of 1984 we opened our home and hearts to a little girl from the inner city of New York.  She was with us through a program in those day known as “The Fresh Air Fund” which took kids out of the inner city and placed them for the summer in a home where they could breathe fresh air and just be a kid.

I wish I still had the photos to show you….in fact, come to think of it, that little girl we sponsored in the summer of 1984 looks an awful lot like a little girl waiting in Uganda we know.

There were others in between, but that one in particular stands out.  It was an amazing time!

In the summer of 1988, Billy Graham did a crusade in Buffalo, New York.  We were heavily involved and actually sponsored a Chin*se national who came to the states for the conference with her grown daughter.  They did not speak English and of course, we did not speak any Chin*se.

It was such a crazy adventure for us!  We loved having the Chin*se mom and her daughter stay with us.  We prayed that they would meet the King of Kings.

During their week stay with us, one lunch I made grilled cheese sandwiches.  The daughter came to me and asked if I would write the recipe down for her.  How adorable is that?  Somewhere in Ch*na a Grilled Cheese sandwich recipe is floating around compliments of Linny.  {It was an old family recipe….ya’ know?  Butter a side of each slice of bread, slice cheese, grill.  haha}

But what about this coming summer?  Have you and your family wondered and prayed if there is something in particular the Lord would have you do this summer?

Maybe minister to the orphans in some way?

Ya’ know….making a difference to one.

Well here’s an opportunity to do just that!

I am mentioning two programs for sponsoring orphans this summer, there are plenty of others.  In fact if you are part of a Orphan Summer Sponsorship program, please leave a comment under this post with a link to your program .

I have had contact with these two groups and desperately want to see the Lord provide a home for each child available.

Maybe you could be the home for one.

The first is a ministry called Guglielmo’s Hope, Inc. – finding homes for children from the Ukraine.

I have spoken in person to Ginger who is the co-founder of the program.  She’s a rockin’ awesome woman with a heart for the orphan.   I spoke to her a few weeks ago.  She was leaving for the Ukraine the next day, but what struck me, was what she said as we were hanging up:  “Call me any time, any time…day or night…these kids need sponsors.”  Love her heart.

Time is running out for these treasures – could you be a host family?

Ginger’s recent email:

Please take a look at the photo list and see if someone touches your heart. They each have a bio. If you have been on the fence waiting to see who was going to be hosted first, now is the time to make a selection so we can focus on getting paperwork done. All the children in the beginning after the word “Available” still need families.   If they are after “Hold” or “Hosted” they are the children selected to have an amazing summer. Thank You God!!!!