International Justice Day

Today is International Justice Day.

With this knowledge we are called to act. What will you do? Are you ready to change the world? Don't wait!

Mowing Lawns and Making a Difference!

It's always encouraging when someone stops me in the hallway to tell me that they're proud of my friends and me or give me some extra change they have in their pocket for Mocha Club. I love the heart of some people. There's a junior higher at VCS that particularly caught my interest and really brought me to tears when he tracked me down in the hallway the other day.

Seventh grader, Scotty Worley, came up to me with his arm outstretched and some cash in his hand. I looked at him with a puzzled look because its not every day that a junior high boy forks over cash for no reason... or ever for that matter!! He said, "It's for Mocha Club!" I smiled and figured it was a dollar bill but when I lifted it from his fingers the number it revealed was 20 instead of 1... I looked up in amazement and said, "SCOTTY!?" He smiled and began to explain.

Apparently, this young man is more of an adult than I'd ever thought. He told me how he started a lawn mowing business and was dedicated to donating his first 3 paychecks to Mocha Club. I almost started to cry! I was so shocked that anyone would do something so profound and so Christ-Like. His servants heart and love for Jesus Christ truly shone threw him at that moment and I can honestly say I've never been more proud of a junior higher in my entire life!

His mom later told me that he had promised God he'd donate his first three paychecks to help some charity and felt Mocha Club was a proper fit for the position. Completely baffled and extremely touched by the support, I decided that he needed to be advertised because he not only deserves the money, hes also tithing before he's even got a STEADY INCOME! Most ADULTS don't tithe!!! HOLY COW! I am so in awe of this kid! I swear! He's amazing. It's just plain and simple.

I'll put all his contact information below so you can call him up and have him MOW AWAY! :) He's such a role-model for his generation and I hope this inspires you to give more just like Scotty. Scotty. We love you so much. Thank you for all your help and support. We'd love to get you involved in Mocha Club and want to start involving you in campaign process this summer as well as set you up so you can continue to raise money for Mocha Club at VCS while we are away at college. :) We're handing the baton to you my friend. :) Take it and start sprinting! :)

God Bless You Scotty!!
All my love,
Your "big sister,"
~Sammie R.

Scotty's Mowing Service includes: Lawn mowing, weed-whacking, weeding, sidewalk-patio-and-deck sweeping, and even 'doggy dropping pickup.'
It's $10 an hour (or) negotiable by the job. It even has a senior discount!!!
You can call Scotty @ (509) 533-9571 or email him at scoblu@gmail.com to reserve your weekly or bi-weekly lawn maintenance service for this summer...
It also says that He is committed to donate 10% of his profits to Mocha Club. Scotty, you rock. :) Keep up the good work and hopefully this brings in some serious business for you! :)

On Air1!

So today I was totally driving around in my car to all the great places I need to be with my radio tuned to Air1 and they started talking about Mocha Club! It is their featured cause right now and it was totally great to hear about it on the radio where so many people around the country can discover it.

Check it out on their web site: www.air1.com/Ministry/Partners/Featured.aspx

~Sydney E.

Update

Here is just a quick update because we have been pretty busy the past few weeks. With the crazy demands right now that we have from school with graduation and college our work for Mocha Club has been sadly pushed to the back burner. I'm hoping that once we are graduates our time will free up a bit more so we can devote more of our time and energy to this. But we have made some slow progress and after emptying our can that sits outside our school office and totaling all the spare change rolling around my house we have come to a total of $324.79. Yay!

We continue to search for new and fun ideas to mix up our fundraising campaign. If you have any suggestions or words of encouragement we would really appreciate them.

~Sydney E.

Raising Awareness

Fundraisers have been difficult for us now that basketball games are over so coming up with new fun ideas has been a slow process. While we are waiting for our brains to jump-start we have made a collection container that we placed in the office window at our school. Many people have asked us about it so I finally made a beautiful masterpiece lol. It does the job, and it has become weighted down with change. How great is that? We haven't even had to do anything and people are still wanting to make change for Africa!

Our school recently had an auction to raise funds for the next school year and the three of us got together and donated a Mocha Club basket. It was a bummer because we couldn't get it to work out to where the money donated for our basket would go to us, but we found it to still be a great opportunity to share with someone outside our school the need and a way to get involved. In our basket we put a travel mug, two coffee cups, a bean grinder, two bags of beans and a copy of our video. It didn't sell for as much as we would have like but nonetheless it was a great chance to get our cause into the hands of someone else.

~Sydney E.

Hey I'm: Stephen E.

Hey I'm Stephen. I am eighteen years old and in my last year of high school. I am a pretty cheerful guy. From a pretty early age my favorite verses have been Psalm 144:15 "Happy are those whose God is the Lord." and Proverbs 17:22 "A happy heart does good like medicine." I really love trying to pass that joy around. I play football and tennis but I don't plan on pursuing either. I teach Sunday School at my church and absolutely love it. Reaching out and teaching kids is really my passion. I can't get enough! Kids are great and I learn as much or more from them as they do from me.

From there it is pretty easy to see why Mocha Club is important to me. When I realized how many children in Africa were in need it really broke my heart, and when I learned how easy it was to help it was an easy choice to get involved. God's Word tells us to help those in need and I feel so blessed that I am able to help those that are less fortunate than I am. Especially in such an easy and fun way through Mocha Club. I want to continue to help Africa no matter what. God does amazing things and I know He will bless the continent of Africa through Mocha Club.

~Stephen E.

Hey I'm: Sydney E.

Hey I'm Sydney, a senior in high school. I am the class treasurer and I sing on the Worship Team. Sports are a major part of my life with volleyball over and tennis starting I am a busy girl. However my true athletic passion is equestrian show jumping. I am blessed to own my own incredible horse. To follow my dreams of becoming an Olympic athlete I will be pursuing Riding and Instruction as a major.

While I am working towards a solid future I am also determined to continue reaching out to Africa. After seeing what needs to be done not doing something to help is not an option to me. Lamentations 2:19 "Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street." This continues to inspire me to keep up all efforts to do what I can. What the Mocha Club does is simply amazing and I get to be apart of it!

God is good and gracious and through us we can do his work for those in need. How amazing is that?! That a huge, all-powerful God can use someone as small and insignificant like me to help do His good and perfect will blows my mind! I am letting the Lord lead my life because "I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm, plans to give you hope and a future" Jeremiah 29:11.

~Sydney E.