So you don't want it to go towards some non-profit president's humble little Italian mansion, join the club. Suzette and I are real picky as to where we and Saddleback give. The groups we support are loving and bringing hope to our neighbors worldwide. All are highly financially accountable and many are members of www.ecfa.org voluntarily
submitting their books and receipts for forensic type auditing. You won't find many tele-evangelists as members of ECFA. Go figure. And remember, your kids are learning how to live life by watching your video way more than by listening to your audio. Let them in on the giving.
JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), among many things, is a currently working on the development of an artificial pancreas for Type I diabetics. This not only will revolutionize the diabetic world, but it will save the life of my little niece, Grace.
ANLM is where Saddleback gives most. They're strictly financially accountable through their wise and strong board in Portland, OR and through the ECFA. 91% of donations in Rwanda go to the kids and 9% to admin. There are about 3000 kids sponsored and in schools. They have orphanages, a street kid feeding ministry and single mother and young men's vocational training centers. Ever thought of sponsoring a little kid to eat food and go to school? The kids usually only eat on Mondays and Thursdays until they're sponsored. We've spent a long time there with our kids. This place is amazing.
Teach your kids a life of giving by letting them give at www.gfa.org
Buy a cow or a water buffalo or male and female goats, pigs,
rabbits or chickens for a poor family to breed.
Buy the poor tools to work and earn money. GFA drills fresh water wells, feeds the
starving, teaches the Bible, clothes the homeless and does huge amounts of disaster relief. 100% of the money you give goes to the poor since all administration folks are privately funded.
Mercy Ships Mercy Ships has a large crew of volunteer surgeons, dentists and other medical staff who reconstruct
deformaties and help out the extremely medically needy all over the world.
Centro NOE is where I was when I had my first bag made. I was teaching English at the center to the underpriveleged kids to break the cycle of poverty. This place has had a huge impact in the lives of thousands by giving them a superior education and hope for the future. The Mexican government is so impressed, that they're matching certain funds that they raise 3X1. Very financially accountable too. They're too small to go with ecfa.org, but their board has wide open books.
Strange Work is the first book I've ever read that clearly
and logically explains the book of Revelation (the Bible's prophecies
about the end of the world and afterlife). It's written for the average person, not for brainiacs. The author happens
to be my dad. He really is a genius. It's one of those books that you end up reading 20 pages before you even realize it.
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