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Hands and Feet Project Newsletter - Sep 2009 - Pt 1 of 3
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Tom Dierkes
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Oct 14, 2009 05:48 PDT
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The Hands And Feet Project
http://www.dfamily.com/missions
http://www.fcctn.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=9925
http://handsandfeetproject.org/
The Hands And Feet Project Newsletter
SEPTEMBER 2009
Last year my mother-in-law and my daughter Parker sponsored Maudeline from
Hands and Feet. She and my daughter are the same age and I have gotten the
chance to meet Maudeline several times and it really hits me hard when I
stop to think about how these two little girl's lives are so different.
Maudeline came to HAF at six years old. Six years is a little over 2000
days. I can easily say that my daughter's first 2000 days were showered
with hugs, kisses and verbal acknowledgements that she was loved. I don't
know what those same 2000 days held for Maudeline. I know that when she
came to HAF she was in survival mode. When they took her to eat she would
fight with anybody that would sit down next to her because she thought they
were going to steel her food. She was constantly fighting, kicking and
cussing and had to be moved to a one on one situation with a nanny because
she was a danger to the other kids. The idea of going hungry if foreign to
most of us and I have a hard time even comprehending it. It would break my
heart to know that my own daughter had to live like that.
Who knows what else Maudeline went through before she came to the Hands and
Feet Project. The staff that know her well and love her can only
speculate. I am sure you can imagine some of the horrors that she has gone
through. No one really knows the whole story and I don't even want to think
about it. All I know is that she had some serious issues and still does to
some degree. I think about my own very special little girl and shutter at
the thought of her having to live like that. What if my wife and I were
dead? Would someone look after our children? As parents I think that is a
fear we all deal with. It is so hard to stop and think that some children
have to live like this. God knows what it is like to be a father and that
is why he tells us as Christians to look after orphans and widows.
Fortunately, Maudeline has been brought into a place where she is loved
and cared for. Now Maudeline has a chance to experience that love just like
my own kids do. Hopefully she will understand the love of her Heavenly
Father as we demonstrate it by being His hands and feet. As time goes on we
plan on showing more children the love they have been deprived of here in
this imperfect world.
Sincerely,
Bob Herdman
Hands And Feet Project
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The Hands And Feet Project<br><a href="http://www.dfamily.com/missions" target="_blank">http://www.dfamily.com/missions</a><br><a href="http://www.fcctn.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=9925" target="_blank">http://www.fcctn.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=9925</a><br>
<a href="http://handsandfeetproject.org/" target="_blank">http://handsandfeetproject.org/</a><br><br><br>The Hands And Feet Project Newsletter<br><br>SEPTEMBER 2009<br><br>Last year my mother-in-law and my daughter Parker sponsored Maudeline from Hands and Feet. She and my daughter are the same age and I have gotten the chance to meet Maudeline several times and it really hits me hard when I stop to think about how these two little girl's lives are so different. Maudeline came to HAF at six years old. Six years is a little over 2000 days. I can easily say that my daughter's first 2000 days were showered with hugs, kisses and verbal acknowledgements that she was loved. I don't know what those same 2000 days held for Maudeline. I know that when she came to HAF she was in survival mode. When they took her to eat she would fight with anybody that would sit down next to her because she thought they were going to steel her food. She was constantly fighting, kicking and cussing and had to be moved to a one on one situation with a nanny because she was a danger to the other kids. The idea of going hungry if foreign to most of us and I have a hard time even comprehending it. It would break my heart to know that my own daughter had to live like that. <br>
<br>Who knows what else Maudeline went through before she came to the Hands and Feet Project. The staff that know her well and love her can only speculate. I am sure you can imagine some of the horrors that she has gone through. No one really knows the whole story and I don't even want to think about it. All I know is that she had some serious issues and still does to some degree. I think about my own very special little girl and shutter at the thought of her having to live like that. What if my wife and I were dead? Would someone look after our children? As parents I think that is a fear we all deal with. It is so hard to stop and think that some children have to live like this. God knows what it is like to be a father and that is why he tells us as Christians to look after orphans and widows. Fortunately, Maudeline has been brought into a place where she is loved and cared for. Now Maudeline has a chance to experience that love just like my own kids do. Hopefully she will understand the love of her Heavenly Father as we demonstrate it by being His hands and feet. As time goes on we plan on showing more children the love they have been deprived of here in this imperfect world.<br>
<br> <br>Sincerely,<br> <br>Bob Herdman<br>Hands And Feet Project<br><br> <br>* * * * *<br><br>
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