facts

a very dear friend made me a copy of a CD she got at a conference just a few weeks ago. the title was Daraja Children's Choir of Africa - the sound of their sweet voices singing praises to our Risen King gave me chills. you can check it our for yourself at 410bridge.org. on this same website i ran across some very sobering facts that i wanted to share with you.

Do you know...

• Every 14 seconds a child is orphaned by AIDS
• 50,000 children will die of AIDS this year
• 1400 newborn Africans are infected with AIDS everyday
• There are 900,000 orphans in Nairobi, Kenya today, mainly due to AIDS
• More than 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live on less than $1 a day
• Every 3 seconds a child dies of nutrition deprivation/starvation
• More than 300 million people in Africa do not have access to clean water
• 1 million children die of malaria each year

there is still much work to do! from Luke 10.2 - “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields."