I want to introduce you to our good friend Lia Horton. She went with Show Mercy to Uganda back in September. She is a wonderful woman with a lot of spunk. She has presented so many ideas to Show Mercy of things that we can do to help the children even more at Hope Children’s Home; however what sets her apart is that she is taking action. Her heart of compassion is very evident by the time she is taking to get the word out about LEAPing this LEAP year! She spent a few extra weeks at Hope children’s home after our team left. She gave me sheets and sheets of information she collected about each child - that would be over 100 children, so you can just imagine how much time that took. She has moved our hearts by her love for the kids at Hope. She emailed the following letter out to her friends. She is an inspiration to us and I believe if you read her blog, she will be an inspiration to you. ~Lori

It’s Leap Year…Not Step Year

I have heard that J. Paul Getty said, “I would rather have 1% of the efforts of 100 people, than 100% of my own efforts.”

I decided after going 100% for awhile and then giving 0% that smart person was probably right. I need some help. So I did that math for 1% of my efforts… It is 14.4 minutes a day. Could I give 1% of my day to change the world? What about 1% of my income? What about both? What about you? I am only asking that we ponder the question… for now. Would you be willing to try for a little while?

It’s leap year. Leap. Not step year. Leap. What if we leaped into action? What if for just a little while we Lived to Educate ourselves and others About Poverty? Leap.

I have also heard that it takes 21 – 28 days to create a new habit/way of thinking. February has 29 days, 29ish days left in the Lenten Season (till Easter), I know more than 29 kids in Uganda who need some serious immediate help and $29,000 could sure make their home, Hope Children’s Home, a much safer place.

I will send out emails until Easter to share just a little about what I have seen with my own eyes from spending time with these amazing kids. Please consider taking the time to participate in the daily readings/activities and/or forward the information. Or… perhaps use this as a template to share with your friends, family, and associates the charities that are on your heart. What would you turn a L.E.A.P. into? 

I will put 29/29/29 in the subject line so if you don’t want to participate, you can just delete them, or just reply to this email with "remove" in the subject line and I will remove you from the list. This will rarely take you 1% of your day (14.4 minutes), but if you take the time, I guarantee it will change more than 1% of your outlook. It has mine.

Today, please log on to showmercy.org

Show Mercy is the Oregon based charity that began Hope Children’s Home in 2004, the last leap year.

Just poke around and see what there is to see and what has been accomplished from one Leap year to the next. Then, consider what could be accomplished from this Leap year to the next. 

Much love and blessing,

Lia Horton 

Show Mercy International
www.showmercy.org
541-905-0791
info@showmercy.org