Can you help our kids?

For some time now, SHIP’s focus has been on building a new orphanage home for the children of Jehovah Jireh Orphanage in San Salvador, El Salvador. Over the years, we have come to love these children, and they are a part of our family.

On June 26, we were saddened to learn that new laws threaten to split up our family. Many repairs need to be made to the existing orphanage building by October 15 of this year, but, even if all repairs are made, the government says that the current building is too small to house all of our children. They plan to take away 19 of our 34 children.

We can’t let this happen. Our only option is to complete work on the new orphanage building. In order to complete the project, we need $130,000. That’s a lot of money, but we can do this if we just break that big number into small, manageable pieces. Just think about it like this:

If 130 people give $1,000 each, how much money have we raised, and how soon can the building be complete?

It’s simple, really. All it takes to raise the $130,000 that we need is 130 gifts of $1,000 each. But, $1,000 is still a lot of money. Personally, I don't have $1,000 to spare, but I do have some money, and I do have friends. That’s why we’re asking you to think of how your 1 family, 1 church, 1 youth group, 1 sorority, 1 poker club, 1 whatever could get together and raise $1,000.

Can you bake? Can you put together one awesome garage sale? Can you wash cars?

Whatever it takes, can you (with the help of friends, family, co-workers, anyone) raise $1,000?

I will be 1 of 130. Will you be 1 of 130, too?

How to be 1 of 130:

1. Get a group together. Talk to your family, friends, co-workers, Sunday School class, Brownie troop. Talk to anyone whose heart will be touched by this need, and get them to join you in raising $1,000.
2. Raise $1,000. Raise $1,000 really fast. We hope to start the final phase of construction on August 1. We know it’s fast, but we also know that you are amazingly capable of doing anything you put your mind to.
3. Send the money to SHIP. You can donate via Internet at http://shipinternational.org/donate/, or you can send a check to:

Shelter the Homeless International Projects
P.O. Box 3003
Bryan, TX 77805-3003