Toddler Dedication & Compassion Sunday is April 11th

Friends and Family-

We are thrilled to invite you to attend Compassion Sunday at Rio West Church.

Date: April 11, 2010

Location: Rio West

Time: 10:00am-12:00pm

As you know the last few weeks have passed quickly in a blur of medications, disciplining, playing, kisses and finding a new normal. This upcoming Sunday is special to us for three reasons.

· Compassion International is an organization that releases children from poverty around the globe. For $40 a month they provide meals, immunizations, schooling and mentor relationships. This allows kids who are steeped in poverty to stay with their parents and have hope for a future. It enables them to learn that God loves them and has a plan for their precious lives.

We will have a guest speaker from Uganda who now works for Compassion International. He will share his experience and life story with us; I’m very excited about this.

· We will also hear from our dear friends Rachael and Stephen Brown, talk about their heartfelt decision to adopt Matt Brown, a terminally ill orphan.

· During the service we will have a Baby Dedication for Anaideia Ann and Lincoln James. It was the training that I received through Compassion International that fostered the desire to adopt internationally. Seeing Rachael and Stephen live out God’s command to care for orphans encouraged us to continue the adoption process even when it seemed endless.

I’m so glad these three special events will be happening together. God organizes the desires of our heart around his purposes. We have organized this Sunday with all of you in mind, please join us!

Aaron, Sarah,

Dereck, Caia, Nathan, Anaideia, Lincoln