NEWSLETTER: APRIL, 2007

Some time ago our Spectrum volunteers were sorting through some boxes of donations and one of our sorters found a little pin and gave it to me. It was a cute little gold and porcelain angel. I looked at it and placed it in my pocket intending to give it to some little girl in Mexico later that week. Days passed into weeks and I would pull the little pin out of my pocket from time to time and then put it back, just carrying it around with me. The pin wasn't high on my priority list and giving it away always seemed to slip my mind. The little angel just quietly waited in my dark pocket until ...

Last week at Barrio Pana I noted a little girl, she wasn't a very pretty girl but she was cute and looked like she needed something special. I suddenly remembered the little angle pin and sure enough it was there in my shirt pocket just waiting for her. I smiled and walked over to the little girl and showed her the little pin, then I pinned it on her blouse. The smile she gave me made my day! The last I saw of her she was showing her mother and all her little friends her beautiful angel pin. I wonder if you realize how much the love that you pass on to us through these donations means to these little kids. Colorful clean clothing and shoes mean so much. Even if it's small piece of love, like a little Angel pin, it really counts, especially if it's pinned on personally.

Thanks to so many of you that send us kids clothing and you who are closer to us and bring in children's clothing and little trinkets that kids would like. Which of you gave us that little pin? Thanks! Indeed little things mean so much.

I hope you enjoyed this story about the little angel pin. It's another true story even though the picture is of another little girl in the same area.

Thanks for your prayers and gifts and partnering with us to reach the poor across our border in Mexico. We couldn't do it alone.

For all of us at Spectrum, von