First One!!!

Hello all and welcome to my blog where I plan to document my entire trip from now, raising money for my trip, until my return in August. Please forward this blog to everyone and anyone you can think of. Well, I am new to this bloging thing but God is so great and it is the best way I can think of to inform everyone of how great he truly is. There is a link to Famliy Legacy Missions in the "About Me" section of my profile.
Since I realized that it was God's will for me to spend my summer with the orphans of Zambia I have been able to raise about $3700 without even spending much effort on fundraising at all! I have recieved several donations from people I dont even know; thanks to everyone who has forwarded my letter. I work as a waiter right now and at work last night I told all my tables about my trip and raised $45 just from telling people about it and now even more people know about what Family Legacy is doing in Zambia. On Saturday, January 20th I am hosting a party to try and raise money so if anyone would like to donate, the 20th is a great day to do it.
When I was sitting in church yesterday morning I was praying and asked God for a good verse and opened right up to Proverbs 21:13; "He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will also cry himself and not be answered." This is a humbling verse when you think of how much money we have in America that we spend on Starbucks or other things that we really just dont need. I fear that in the U.S. we often shut our ear to the poor and it wont be good whenever we cry out and no one will be there to hear us. Please, do not turn your ear from the poor. I am not saying that we all have to go to Zambia whenever we have so much need here that we need to take care of too. Thanks for reading my blog and check in often as I plan to update this whenever i get a chance and especially tune in on May 22nd through August 11th when I will be writing in from Zambia. If you would like to donate to my trip just make a check out to Family Legacy Missions with my name, Allan Thompson, in the Memo line. The address is;
Family Legacy Missions International
5005 W. Royal Lane Suite 252
Irving, Texas 75063
(972) 620-2020
Thank you for your time.

In Christ,
Allan