Gary Karena - Founder & Believer

In July 2006 at a Hillsong Conference  I witnessed a very powerful presentation of children in the world, living in poverty and in desperate need of help. This presentation given by Compassion Australia stirred me to the point, where we just had to do something to help so we chose to sponsor 2 children. 

I would have liked to sponsor more, however at that time; I made the decision to sponsor 2 children. I made that decision with my head. However my heart said sponsor 15, and my head said - you can’t afford that, my heart said - you can do it, and my head said DON’T BE A FOOL .., have you had those conversations ..

I have learnt that making choices from your heart and not from your head, in most cases is always going to challenge you. The key is preparing yourself with the correct knowledge, faith, applied action, and a “I will not be defeated and I will not quit” type of attitude. These actions without a doubt will empower you in any worthwhile project or endeavour you take on.

Why is it that your heart always wants to give, always wants to help, and always wants to see the best in others?  I’ll tell you why.., because God put giving in your heart. Giving is always going to position you to increase. Giving brings a fillfilment money can't buy , Giving says, I’m the boss and I won’t allow MONEY to tell me what to do. 

By no means have I been the perfect leader, the perfect husband or the perfect father, - boy, have I messed up in the past, but hey .. This is a new day brother, and I know a bit more today than I did yesterday. I have children of my own and the last thing I want hanging around my kids is poverty. The children from Compassion have no choice - they are born into poverty and poverty has a strong hold over them. We may not set them all free, but we can begin to break the shackles of poverty through prayer and sponsoring one child at a time.

Sadly to say - every day thousands of children are fighting for their lives because they have nothing to eat, no medical supplies. Could it be that this is not about them .. it's about us ..  You and I both know there is massive wealth on this planet.

I was bought up in a family where you share your food no one starves, no one goes hungry you give to them that have a need. And the thought of thousands of children dying every day for the sake of a bag of grain is just crazy. In parts of Africa a child can be feed for just 4 cents a meal. One dollar would just about give one child a meal every day for a month. And some of us would not waste the energy of bending over to pick a dollar off the floor. (Well almost some of us)

We work with organisations first and foremost that share the love of God. You need to know this today; whether you’re 5 or 105 that God loves you and has a Glorious plan for your life.

These kids are tomorrow’s leaders, not only are they fed and educated, but are taught success principles of life from God’s Word, they are given an opportunity to change their lives, their families, their communities and begin to break the cycle of poverty.  With your help we are not just feeding these kids, we are teaching them to feed themselves and those around them. We are investing into their future – and in doing so YOUR FUTURE.
  

“Then the good people will answer, “LORD, when did we see you hungry and give you food or thirsty and give you drink? … the King will answer, “I tell you the truth, anything you did for even the least of my people here, you did also for me,   “Mathew 25: 37,40