I cannot imagine the pain a family feels when they lose a child. Just thinking of losing either one of my children hurts me to the core, it's almost unbearable just to THINK about. Unfortunately I've seen one of my dear friends live through this pain. It is a daily, no, minute to minute battle for her to go on without her precious son. And now, another family at my church is living this nightmare. On Saturday, they had to take their beautiful daughter off of life support after she was critically injured in last weeks car accident on I-90. There is nothing that can make the pain of losing their daughter more bearable, but her story is one that needs to be shared. Rachel Beckwith had a wish. And that wish was to provide people in developing countries with clean water. For her 9th birthday she asked people to donate money to an organization called charity water, rather than giving her gifts. Her goal was to raise $300, and she fell just short by raising $220. Since she has gone to be with Jesus her story has spread and people have donated to this cause in her honor. At last check, she has likely saved over 28,000 lives by raising almost $575,000. It is truly inspiring. I believe that Rachel is smiling from heaven to see all of these people, people she doesn't even know, supporting her wish. If you haven't already heard this story, please check it out. And if you can, donate to her wish, or to her family. But most importantly, pray for them. It's all we can do & hope that they will feel God's arms wrapped around them for the rest of what is going to be a very difficult life without their beautiful daughter.
Rachel's Charity Water:
http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=16396
Donate to her family here:
http://bobnw.org/
