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Olivia began feeding the homeless at the very young age of 4 after
she asked if she could feed the "homely" people. After
some investigation I found out the "homely" people she was
talking about were really the homeless. This started her insatiable
desire to take care of others. We started carrying food bags in our
car to hand out to the homeless. On many occasions throughout the
year we make bagged meals through a local organization which feeds 80
street people, and we then serve them on the streets, not in a
shelter, but truly on the streets right outside of Washington D.C.
This costs our family about $150 each time we make the meals, which
comes out of our food budget. We find creative ways to cut back on
the costs, and God has shown up in big ways in helping us.
Olivia started visiting an "adopted grandma" at a
nearby assisted living center, and for three years she visited on a
weekly basis to read and play games with her "grandma".
After finding out that her grandma was admitted to the hospital, which
we knew she would not come home again, Olivia insisted that we take
her to visit her "grandma". We were not technically family,
but the nurses snuck her in anyways. Olivia crawled up on her bed and
read her passages from the Bible. She asked her "grandma"
if she believed in Jesus. She was able to share Christ and before we
left, her "grandma" had accepted Christ. That was the last
time we would see her again.
What I admire the most about Olivia, is her compassion toward
the physical needs of others, but she also wants them to know Jesus in
a real way. And, she'll do whatever it takes to ask you point blank
if you have accepted Jesus. I remember when my grandmother
was on Hospice care and Olivia insisted on needing to fly out to see
her in Idaho so she could personally ask her great grandmother if she
had accepted Jesus. She needed the reassurance that she would see
grandma again one day in heaven. (Note: my grandmother was an amazing
godly woman and never a doubt in my mind where she was going after she
passed away, this is just a testament to how much Olivia loves to
share Christ with others)
Each summer the clothing ministry at our church sorts clothes
that are donated and then those who need them in the community come to
the church to pick out clothes. Olivia begs us to let her go and sort
clothes every Sunday. This is not high profile volunteer job, but she
just feels at home serving.
I know with all my heart that God is doing amazing things with
this young girl and has great plans for her future. She loves the
Lord, she loves serving, and she keeps talking about becoming a
missionary when she gets older. As parents we want to give her the
world, give her this amazing experience, but we also know that life as
a missionary is hard. It requires a contented heart that can live
with little, it may one day require her to live across the world, and
it may one day require that she puts her life on the line to share
Jesus with others. It may require all of the above or non of the
above, but we do know that fundraising will always be a vital part of
mission work.
We want her to experience the fundraising side, because honestly
we can not afford this type of trip, but she desperately desires to go
so she has committed this trip to fasting and prayer. She will also
do door-to-door fundraising, and she keeps brainstorming other
ideas.
Olivia loves challenges. Besides her love of volunteering, she
loves baseball. She is the only girl playing in our local little
league. She's also is involved with community theater and spends all
her extra time at the theater where she shares Christ with her fellow
thespians.
If you can financially help her she will keep you informed of
her trip before, during, and after with lots of pictures. If you
can't financially help out we understand that too, and covet your
prayers for safety and that God opens doors to share Christ with the
children in the orphanage that she will work in.
Any money above and beyond her goal she will use to buy art
supplies to take to the impoverished children during home visits.
She can't wait to see how God will provide for her. If you are interested in joining her Facebook page for the DR please send me your email address and once we have it up and running we'll add you as her friend.
Paypal does take a small fee out of your donation so if you want to donate directly to our church to get a tax write off this will get credited to Olivia's account. If you want 100% of your donated money to go to Olivia then you can also send her a check. But we also know how convienent online donations are so anyway you choose to donate is appreciated.
Thank you ahead of time for being a blessing to her.
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