Thank You

Thank you for giving and spreading the word about the work Mercy Project is doing to free child-slaves in Ghana, Africa.  With your help, we were able to raise $1,140 yesterday.  Isn't that exciting?

"As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich, even if I have a million dollars.  As long as diseases are rampant and millions of people in this world cannot expect to live more than twenty-eight or thirty years, I can never be totally healthy even if I just got a good checkup at Mayo Clinic.  I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be."  -- Martin Luther King, Jr. in The Measure of a Man

One way to keep informed about all that Mercy Project is accomplishing in Ghana is to  "like" them on facebook.

There were many touching articles and posts written yesterday about Martin Luther King, Jr. and race-related issues.  My favorite posts were found on Kristen Howerton's blog.  Did you read them?

How to Talk to Kids about Race and Racism
This is a helpful post with a terrific list of age-appropriate books to open up the conversation of race with children.

Black was Once a Color to Me:  
Reflections of a White Father of Black Children on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
This post is beautiful.  I recommend it for any trans-racial family, not just families that are made up of white parents and black children.