The Boston Learning Center's (www.bostonlearningcenter.org) Tweetathon ended at 11pm last night. The last email I saw had us at 75% of our goal of $10,000. I hate to admit it, but I didn't bid. I was going to bid, but I left my wallet in the truck, and when I went to get it, I got busy here at work and said I would do it when I got home, and then my eyes got heavy (maybe I need to read the prior post!!!!)......so suffice to say, I didn't bid on any of the auction items - and there were some good ones!!! What I will do is make a cash donation. The learning center is very dear to me because I know what it can do to motivate and inspire kids to be their best and do their best in school. Another organization that I've had my eye on is Global Partners for Development (http://www.gpfd.org/). Their site says that they are "dedicated to helping the poorest communities of East Africa as they strive to lift themselves permanently out of poverty". Their projects include providing clean water sources to villages, teaching women to become businesswomen by providing them with livestock to raise, milk, breed, and sell, as well as other health and educational endeavors. It really troubles me that 3/4 of this planet is water, but there are people starving to death because their fields are too dry to grow any sort of vegetation. Jesus tells us in Matthew 25:40 "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' When we feed someone who is hungry, we are feeding Jesus. When we visit someone who is sick, we are visiting Jesus. When we come from out of ourselves and do what we can for someone else, we are helping Jesus directly!!! (Matthew 25: 35-40) This is why I sit on the board of the Boston Learning Center, and this is why I will probably begin a monthly contribution to Global Partners for Development. I encourage you to search your soul and find what you are passionate about and see how you can share that passion with Jesus on a regular basis!!!