no-longer-a-slumdog

No Longer a Slumdog
Volkswagen bug—it still works! I remember in the early days of
the ministry when God convicted me about how much money I
spent on chewing gum.
Please don’t misunderstand. I’m not saying that a nice car or
new clothes or anything like that is a bad thing. If poverty made us
more spiritual, then there would be a lot of really spiritual people
all over South Asia. No. This is about seeing the little ways that the
Lord calls us to live simply so that others might simply live.
God reveals to people all over the world about the small
sacrifices they can make in His name. In one instance, there was
a mother who used to spend $30 every month to buy a special
makeup she loved. She knew in her heart that it was only a fleeting
thing, and she wanted to invest in something with eternal
value. The Lord had been telling her family to die to the cares
of this world and to take up their cross and follow Him. So they
did, and He led them to support a GFA Bridge of Hope child.
Together with her two sons, ages 7 and 9, she picked out a child
to sponsor and pray for. Her boys even gave $2, the only money
they had. As they pray together and write to their child, it’s been
a great way to bond as a family.
I recall another family that downgraded their cable subscription
so that they could sponsor two children. Their hope was to
teach their own children to enjoy giving more than receiving.
They could honestly say, “What a difference [Gospel for Asia] is
making in the lives of children . . . including our own.”
One little girl gave “lots of money” to sponsor another young
girl in Asia. Her words were, “I am almost 5 years old, and I saw
the little children who had no clothes, food, dolls or anything
and had to dig in the garbage. So I got out lots of money to give
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