Young Leaders

Hi, my name is Ruth Arnold. I am sixteen years old and I want to buy a cow.

I’ve always participated in Lent (if you’ve never heard of Lent or don’t have much knowledge on it, you can go here to learn a little more: The Season of Lent). During Lent I tend to just give up Cokes or read a chapter of the Bible every night. This year, I felt compelled to do something different. Something bigger.

Heifer International is something that I’ve been acquainted with for quite a few years. I’ve been to their office and a ranch of theirs located in Little Rock, Arkansas and I’ve worked on some projects for them at a summer camp I go to. If you don’t really know what Heifer International is, there’s a link on my home page that will take you to their site (go down to my very first post). They’re one of those organizations that I really feel give their all to help out the world. In a way…one cow at a time.

When I started thinking of things I wanted to do this year for Lent, Heifer is one of the first things that came to mind. As of January 20, 2010, there are thirty-five days until the first Sunday in the Lenten Season. I’m counting that Wednesday as the “start” of this whole project just because it was the day I made an announcement to my church and asked for their help. In that thirty-five day time-span, I want to try and raise five hundred dollars. Five hundred dollars will be enough to buy one cow for a family somewhere on this earth that really needs it. After those thirty-five days, there will be forty days of Lent when I will have another goal. That goal isn’t something I even want to think about until I’ve reached my five hundred goal. To reach this goal I’m going to need help from you. I asked my church family if they knew any businesses or offices I would be able to set up containers to collect money in or if they would just like to make a donation.

From this site, I’m looking for as many donations as  I can. I’ve set up a PayPal account on the Donate Here page. You’ll notice that you have to give your name and address. That’s only so I can send everyone I get donations from a sort of “thank you” letter afterwards. If you can give one dollar, then I’m one dollar closer to my goal. If all you can do is come to this site a few times a week just to check up on how my project is going, then great! On here, I’ll be uploading photos of the donations I get, the businesses I’m working with, etc. so that you can follow my project from beginning to end. I’ll post updates every day I can and I would love for your prayers to come this way!