CHILDRENS RELIEF INTERNATIONAL

Taking Christ to the poor.

Anita Frederick
October 2011
YesChristmas would never be the same again. Our wish lists now included goats, chickens and saving babies. Jesus said: In as much as you have done it for the least of these, you have done it for Me, and we now experienced the joy of giving to Him!

A Christmas to remember ...

e Sunday before Christmas found our church pregnant with anticipation. Soly we sang O come let us adore Him as we made our way to the communion table and then to our Christmas Giving Tree lled with pictures of goats and chickens.

Give with Gratitude!

Our 2011 Compassionate Christmas Catalog is coming and is filled with giving options to help take Christ to the poorest of the poor. We hope you might consider buying pencils for students, a 10 kilo bag of rice for a woman working in a rock quarry, or a Bible for a Pastor. You will also have the chance to give a special gift towards Anita and her ministry with CRI. Our on-line version of the Give with Gratitude catalog will be ready for viewing in November. Visit our website childrensrelief.org. We can mail a copy upon request.

ose gis put the village back on its My recent trip to Africa jolted me into a feet.e next Christmas we sent a truck celebration of Christmas unlike load of ePap, a nutritional porridge, anything I experienced before. It Why to Mozambique. It arrived right all started in a little mud villageare we before the monsoon washed away church in the middle of eating their crops. Many people survived nowhere. I brought the Word of alone? that year on ePap. Last year our little God-- they honored me with church plant provided formula to rescue lunch. A scrawny chicken was killed starving babies. for the occasion, its meat nothing but a lm over brittle bones. A little pot of saltese have been some of my best less rice accompanied it. Why are we eating alone? I inquired. You are the guest Christmas memories ever. Our tree at home is lled with take-home ornaments-of honor. You eat. When you nish, they reminding us of what is truly important. eat what is le. I choked. is anemic meal was barely enough for 4 people, and e Giving Tree project the leovers were supposed to feed 30?! has been so meaningful Dont refuse to eat, my guide cautioned, and profound in its you will oend their hospitality. I chewed impact on us and the on that spoon of rice kernel by kernel, poor, that I am inviting listening to the story of how the monsoon everyone with a rains washed away their food. ey had Christmas tree been eating tree roots to survive. (churches, businesses, groups and individuals) to help us rescue the babies in Dondo, Mozambique whose moms are too malnourished to nurse them. I will provide simple instructions and all the ornaments youll need to create your very own Giving Tree. May this be your Merriest Christmas ever!

How to help!
To give to Anitas support
By Check: Payable to Childrens Relief International. Write Anita in the memo. By Credit Card: ChildrensRelief.org > Donate > Missionaries > Anita Frederick

May your Christmas be filled with joy and gratitude. ~ the CRI office

To help malnourished babies:

By Check: Payable to Childrens Relief International. Write Tessa Grace Nutrition in the memo. By Credit Card: ChildrensRelief.org/donate > Select Give to our Projects > Ray of Light > Tessa Grace Nutrition Program
Gifts to CRI are tax deductible.

How to reach me!

Anita@childrensrelief.org (708) 288 0055 http://what-matters-most.weebly.com

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