Several of us have been working at a
non-profit, Christian hospital to raise money for children that need
heart transplants. The hospital does dozens of heart transplants each
year for those who qualify based on financial need. The cost of a
pediatric transplant is upwards of 25,000 Ringget (3 RM: 1 USD).
Each morning, our team of six dresses
our best, we put on our blue volunteer vests and name tags, grab our
donation boxes, and head for the halls of the hospital. We make our
rounds, pausing in waiting rooms to ask people for donations to
support our cause.
When we started this, I was extremely
skeptical about its effectiveness. If I was sick enough to be at the
hospital, the last thing I would want is a foreign girl sticking a
box in my face and asking me to give her money in a language I don’t
understand. I just plain was not excited about fundraising.
I was wrong to be skeptical, and I was
wrong to not be excited.
At the beginning of the month, our
supervisor at the hospital gave us a goal of collecting 1,000 Ringget
per day, which is just over $300. Our other goal was to raise more
than the total that the last team raised, which was about 6,900
Ringget in 4 weeks.
We are at the halfway point for
ministry this month. After 8 days of working at the hospital, we have
raised 12,500 Ringget, halfway to the cost of a heart transplant!! The donations greatly exceeded my expectations, and blew our goals out of the water! Our new goal is to raise enough money to save one life. Please be
praying that those who come to the hospital have generous hearts and
are willing to donate!
I have been blown away by our
experience at the hospital. I have to laugh at myself, because I have seen
God’s faithfulness time and time again, but my humanness still left
room for skepticism and lack of passion. He is providing again, and I
am both amazed and grateful.
Pray for that 25,000 Ringget!!
