The director and the orphans of Beulah Orphanage

Dear Friends,

Every year around this time we ask sponsors to send an extra $5 for each child they sponsor so that our orphanage directors can buy new Christmas clothes for orphans. Because of compassionate sponsors, well over 1,000 orphans receive “Christmas clothes” on Christmas morning, which they all excitedly wear to church that day—and most every other day for a year—because they are simply eager to have a new pair of clothes.

I wanted to share a letter I received just after Christmas last year from the orphanaged irector of Beulah Orphanage. We had just begun to try to help his orphanage when we visited Myanmar in November 2009, but we had not yet found sponsors for his children. Below is his letter. Get ready to fight your tears.

Dear Loving Friends,

Greeting to you in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Peace and Joy of New Year to you all. First of all, I humbly request you all to read what I felt in this time Christmas.

Dear friends,

I would like to ask you a question. “How did you spend your lives in this time Christmas?” As for me and my family, it was an unhappy day that I could never forget. If it were possible, I would postpone Christmas day for Beulah Children Home.

We woke up early in the morning on Christmas morning and gave thanks to the Lord for what He has done. But my children were not happy that much. I know why they are downcast. But I said to them,”O.K, take a bath and wear your clean clothes (not new clothes).” And they obediently took a bath and wore their cleanest clothes. And then we went to the church to praise and worship God. On that morning I was to preach. I was pretty excited to preach on Christmas day.

When we arrived to the church, I saw many other children wearing their new clothes and coming to the church. But my children are wearing their old clothes.They were happy but not wholeheartedly. Because they were jealous of them as they are children, orphans who never wear a new shirt. They have a new father and mother and they will rely on us totally, but when I can not do anything for them, how disappointed thing for my children. I asked myself so many questions.

When I saw them, my children, sitting by other children with their old clothes, I dared not to look at them. My heart was totally broken. I said to myself I am nothing to do God’s work. Since time was passing on, Chairperson called upon me for preaching. As standing on the pulpit I read my chosen Bible verse (Micah 5:2). My tear were flowing down on my cheek. I could not speak a little while. After that I took a new strength and spoke and said,”Though we are poor, small, orphans and have nothing today, we have Jesus Christ who has been born today. How blessed people we are. Today Jesus has been born for the poor, the orphans, widows, and the oppressed.” Then I stopped my preaching.

We went back to home and I called all of them and said to them,”My beloved children, please forgive me (your father) for my poverty, I know I am very poor but the God whom I am believing, I am worshiping and praising every day is very rich. He has a plan for you and for me in the day to come.” After that only we all felt happy and tear of joy flowed down on our cheek.

Dear loving friends, Christmas is a precious and a happy day for some, but for us, Beulah Children Home, we who are fatherless and motherless, it is a day of crying in human side.

And also if it were possible, we Beulah Children Home want this coming New Year to be postponed. We are afraid of this New Year though I used to be eager to reach Happy New Year before. The reason is that our agreement for renting our house will be ended in January. We do not know what situation will come to us in this New Year, for other Happy New Year.

Dear Friends, it is a humble request from Beulah Children Home to pray for us that the exact need we have may be met.

I wish you all a blessed happy New Year…

I’m happy to report that we were able to help that orphanage director with the rent payment that was needed. And we’re planning to help him soon start to build a home that the orphans can call their own. Eight out of the ten orphans at Beulah Orphanage have since been sponsored by compassionate friends like you. And this year we’re trusting that Christmas clothes for orphans will be provided for all ten of the sweet children.

Provide New Clothes for Orphans this Year

Will you help us give an orphan his or her only Christmas gift this year? 100% of every contribution to the Christmas Gifts for Orphans Fund is used to provide a gift for each child living at one of our 54 orphanages around the world. $5 provides one gift for one child. The orphanage directors generally use the Christmas money we send to buy new clothes for orphans, or a warm blanket. Please help us reach our goal this year to provide $5 Christmas gifts for more than 1,500 orphans! Just click here to donate. Thanks so much.

For the children,

Emily Growden