The following is a portion of a letter sent to MPM members from it's founder Ginny Dye: (Becoming an MPM member helps these children and it also helps you! It is free to join. Help change lives, today: http://www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/99845 )
This week has been very different because I have had the amazing privilege of spending the 5 days traveling to the East Coast and then spending time with the SIFA Choir - 20 AIDS orphans from Uganda that we have brought over as a company to tour the United States, doing concerts and raising money to take back to build homes and a school in their country.
Before I tell you some about the last few days I want to tell all our new members that THIS is why we exist. Yes, we have created a powerful business for you to gain financial freedom but the bigger purpose of that My Power Mall is the vehicle we use through my bigger company, Together We Can Change The World, Inc., to help non-profits and people all over the world. You see, I really do happen to believe that TOGETHER we can change the world! While we help 1000's of Non-Profits through My Power Mall, and will help hundreds of thousands more in the future, as a company we have adopted an orphanage in Uganda and are doing everything we can to help the children there. Part of that involved bringing the SIFA Choir over. Take a look at these wonderful children!
I could write for days about the horrors and suffering these children have experienced as their parents have died of AIDS, as they have struggled to survive, and of the burdens they carry daily. I could also write for days of the struggles Carrie & Jamie, the two Americans who went to Uganda to bring them here, overcame as they worked to get Passports and VISA's for the children and the 3 Ugandan chaperones who are with them. I took Carrie & Jamie out for dinner last night and was astonished at how diffiicult it was to get the Choir out of the country - and equally amazed at the incredible things that happened to make it possible.
I could write for days about the horrors and suffering these children have experienced as their parents have died of AIDS, as they have struggled to survive, and of the burdens they carry daily. I could also write for days of the struggles Carrie & Jamie, the two Americans who went to Uganda to bring them here, overcame as they worked to get Passports and VISA's for the children and the 3 Ugandan chaperones who are with them. I took Carrie & Jamie out for dinner last night and was astonished at how diffiicult it was to get the Choir out of the country - and equally amazed at the incredible things that happened to make it possible.
What I'm going to tell you about instead, is about some of the children. From the time we decided, sometime in December, to bring the children here, it has been non-stop work, efforts and planning to make it happen. There wasn't time for it to truly sink in. It didn't become real for me until I rounded the corner at Dulles Airport in Washington, DC and saw them all standing as a group, and then they broke into song... Together We Can Change The World. It all became real and tears came as I gazed at their beautiful faces and realized what all of us - as a company - had done to make a dream come true. It took every single one of us to make it happen. There have been some people who are more closely involved with helping us plan and coordinate concert appearances, but it's what ALL of you are doing to build your business that is allowing us to bring them here.
The tears came harder, amid a smile so big I thought my face would crack, as the kids all crowed around to give Mama Ginny a huge family hug. Let me introduce some of the TWCCTW Kids to you.
The tears came harder, amid a smile so big I thought my face would crack, as the kids all crowed around to give Mama Ginny a huge family hug. Let me introduce some of the TWCCTW Kids to you.
Angel is 14 years old and does indeed sing like an angel. She glows with life and energy and wants nothing more than to be hugged and loved. She dreams of being a nurse and helping other children in Uganda.
Christine is an extraordinary young girl. At 15, she is a natural leader, a beautiful singer, speaks 4 languages, and is a natural athlete. She brims with confidence but has experienced horrors very few of us can imagine. She is so excited to be here in America and dreams of being a Fashion Designer.
Daisy is 14 or 15 and also a beautiful singer. She craves attention but it is hard for her to accept it. Affection and touching is very rare in Uganda. Once children are old enough to walk there is virtually no affection so some of the children don't know how to accept it. None of the children know when they were born but they all had to make up a date for their Passports. Daisy chose April 3rd so we threw her a birthday party her first day in America complete with balloons, ice cream and a birthday gift. She hardly knew how to respond but her smile said it ALL. :) I know she is going to blossom during 6 months in America full of love, acceptance and affection.
David has stolen my heart. He is a natural entertainer with a beautiful voice and smile that will melt your heart. He is a natural athlete and a great football (soccer) player but he'll stop all of it to sit next to Mama Ginny just so I can hold him. He dreams of being an Engineer. He is learning the computer and has already learned how to use the cameras the film crew has. They are going to set him up with his own camera so he can film things they will miss as the choir tours America. Yes - a full scale documentary is being made of the children!
Emmanual (Emma) is only 7 years old and is the cutest thing you ever saw. We had to take him to the see Dr. Willie on Friday - one of the Founding Members of TWCCTW, who also happens to be a wonderful Dentist outside Baltimore. He, along with his hygenists, donated their time on Friday to see 8 of the children. Emma had to have 2 of his teeth pulled because they were in such bad shape. Thankfully they were baby teeth. He was so amazingly brave in the midst of a world he knew nothing about - surrounded by people, bright lights and needles! Just a few hours later he was out playing soccer. :)
17 year old Robert has only been learning English for 3 months but is already so fluent. He is an amazing artist, spending hours drawing in his notebook - still astonished that he can have all the paper he wants to draw on. He is also a talented soccer player and dreams of being a minister so he can help more of the children like him.
Little Olivia is 8 years old and has a smile that will melt your heart. She was in a lot of pain from bad teeth when we took her to see Dr. Willie on Friday, and needed more care than the other children, but she is doing better. She still hurts some when she eats, and may end up having to have a root canal but they are hoping the sedative filling will do the job. Only time will tell. In the meantime, all you will want to do is scoop her up in your arms and hold her. Just wait till you see her sing and dance.
These are just a few of the children I have grown to love so deeply. I am so glad we are helping to feed, clothe and educate them, but keeping them healthy until they are 18 is only the first step. I talked with all of them Friday night and explained to them that when they are ready to go to University, or Trade School, or they want to start a business, that Together We Can Change The World will make that happen for them. They erupted into cheers. The excitement on their face, and the wonder in their eyes - especially the older ones who realized they really could make their dreams come true - made everything we have done to get here so worth it. The members of the Miracle Team who are building TWCCTW Foundation Malls are making it possible for us to make their dreams come true! As we move forward we will have thousands of Foundation Malls that will give a chance to so many who can them have such an impact where they live!
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These are just a few of the children I have grown to love so deeply. I am so glad we are helping to feed, clothe and educate them, but keeping them healthy until they are 18 is only the first step. I talked with all of them Friday night and explained to them that when they are ready to go to University, or Trade School, or they want to start a business, that Together We Can Change The World will make that happen for them. They erupted into cheers. The excitement on their face, and the wonder in their eyes - especially the older ones who realized they really could make their dreams come true - made everything we have done to get here so worth it. The members of the Miracle Team who are building TWCCTW Foundation Malls are making it possible for us to make their dreams come true! As we move forward we will have thousands of Foundation Malls that will give a chance to so many who can them have such an impact where they live!
These children are the hope of Uganda. We can make it possible for them to help and change their country. We WILL change the world and help as many children as we can - One-Child-At-A-Time! We'll start in Uganda and we'll move to every country on every globe. We'll help Foster and Abused children here in the United States, and we'll continue to offer a way - through My Power Mall - for every kind of organization to create the funding they need to fulfill their mission.
And along the way, we'll provide a way for every single individual member to have financial freedom and give them the power to help make a difference.
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