James Joseph

Last weekend Ben and I went to a college football game. We had so much fun watching things up close and personal. Someone gave us tickets to the Michigan vs. Miami Ohio game in ROW 4! There was so much energy in the crowd and we had a ball seeing those healthy college boys running around by the dozens.

I guess that may sound funny to some people. But I have seen far too FEW boys that age in Rwanda, Uganda and even Tanzania that are happy and healthy. Many of them are being taken captive for war, suffering of AIDS, or maybe they are dying before the age of 5 like the large majority of African children.

I began battling feelings of guilt knowing that I have 4 children, 2 of which are boys, that have EVERY opportunity to LIVE. I look forward to them going to college, playing athletics, singing in church, playing an instrument, following the career that interests them, having children, buying a house, and on it goes....

My children have so much. I have so much. But James Joseph does not. He is 18 and since he was 16 he has been battling elephantiasis. He now has a 12 pound scrotum and has no hope to live unless he has emergency surgery. A team member this summer met him and raised some money to help and more is needed. We need $460 to save this boys life. I hope we can. He deserves to LIVE and with your help, he will meet other goals too.

If you can help James, please email me at melody.pahlow@globalfamilyrescue.org or mail a check to GFR at P.O. Box 529, Wheaton, Illinois 60187