I heard Celestine perform live on Sunday, and his passion for righting the injustices of this world was incredibly apparent. How inspiring that Celestine is able to use his musical gifts to so powerfully not to make a career for himself, but to give a voice to the oppressed in India’s Red Light District – and this is only the beginning!

Celestine and his wife are starting a nonprofit whose mission is to “CRY OUT for those that can’t cry out for themselves and to make a change partnering with others who have the resources and the passion to free kids and women around the world from the oppression they face on a daily basis.”

By hope and by grace, this won’t be the last time we hear from Celestine.

Proverbs 31:8-9

About two months ago I found out Charity Water and wrote this post “Any September Birthday’s out there?”

Charity Water is about a man named Scott Harrison who wanted to do more for his 32 birthday than just recieve gifts. So instead, he asked everyone instead for $32 to help bring fresh water to Kenya. One year later, Charity Water is encouraging all September born people to instead of recieving gifts for themselves, to encourage their friends to give $33 to support this cause. As soon as I heard this, I was convicted and stressed. I’ve always recieved gifts for my birthday and it was hard for me to imagine not getting anything.

Tomorrow I will be turning 21, and I’m asking anyone who wants to give me a gift to instead give $21 to Charity Water. My goal is $210, so only 10 people.

DONATE HERE

$20 means one person can get clean water for 20 years.

$250 means two families of six can get clean water.

$5,000 means clean water for a community of 250.

Good Day LA did a story last week on Comfort Zone Camp, a camp for children ages 7-17 that are grieving over the death of a loved one.  The mission of this camp is to provide grieving children with a voice, a place and a community in which to heal, grow and lead more fulfilling lives.

I really appreciate what this organization is doing for these kids because I know what it feels like to lose a loved one at that age.  At the age of 12, I lost my father.  I didn’t know what to feel or how to respond to peoples’ questions of how I was doing.  My friends did their best to comfort me and support me, but it wasn’t the same because they didn’t share a similar experience.  I am lucky that I have a Father in heaven that took care of me and comforted me in my time of pain, but how do other kids cope with this tragic loss.  This is why I decided to write about Comfort Zone when I heard the story on Good Day LA.  Comfort Zone aims to create that environment where kids can have fun and break the isolation death often brings.  With other children who are going through the same thing and a great staff that helps these children with daily coping skills, Comfort Zone Camp is a great place for grieving kids.

I found this on Guy Kawasaki’s Blog:

It’s a Merry Go-Round attached to a pump to generate water, called Play Pump.  Ever spin sends clean water to a storage tank.  And the best thing is that it pays for itself!

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