Bead for Life

In honor of the birth of their newest arrival, Kaleia Joy, Jillian from Rooted in Love did a contest on her blog! The scheme of the blog was to guess the time of Kaleia's birth. her birth weight and length. I guessed baby Kaleia would weigh 7lbs 15 oz... and I was right!

My prize... two beautiful bracelets!

Not only were these bracelets beautiful, they mean something. These bracelets, or moreless the beads mean income for impoverished women and their families in Uganda. They mean money for food, medicine and school fees.

They mean HOPE! And without hope you have nothing, but with it; endless possibilities.

Bead for Life provides a way for women in Uganda to not only work their way out of poverty by making beads, but the goal is for these women to then be independant from the Bead for Life organization in 27 months. So by purchasing a beautiful necklace or bracelet from Bead for Life you are impowering a woman for the rest of her life.

I read a statistic yesterday that 1 in 5 people in the world live on less than 1 dollar a day. Can you even imagine that? I can't. But for as little as five dollars, you can change the life of a woman and her family in Uganda.

Hm... I'm thinking a few bracelets from Bead for Hope would make great Valentines Day presents... not that I would ever take part in such holiday, but if you do.... here's the link one more time : Bead for Life

When you help the poor you are lending to the Lord -

and he pays wonderful interest on the loan. Proverbs 19:17

....To help the poor is to honor God. Proverbs 14:31