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My 8-year-old daughter, Sydney, walked in and started talking to her about one of our sponsored kids, and they began getting excited about sponsoring another child. We were sponsoring four already, and I thought, \u201cMan, these kids are adding up!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But God had another thought for me. He wanted to show me something about connections, how deep his love is for children around the world, and how ordinary folks, like my two young daughters, can be God\u2019s answer to a farmer\u2019s prayers in Kenya. So we said yes to yet another child and got a packet containing a photograph of a girl named Anita in Kenya. Sydney went crazy, writing her a long letter and drawing a portrait of Anita to send with it.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-27314\" alt=\"John Huddle at an ultra marathon in South Africa with Anita.\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/huddle_337x249.jpg\" style=\"float:right\" width=\"337\" \/>Soon after that, I ran an ultramarathon in South Africa with Team World Vision. Following the race, I went to Kenya to meet Anita and her family. You never know what kind of connection you\u2019re going to have or not have, but we pulled up to Anita\u2019s house, and the whole village was there to welcome me. It was so special. They put this glittery sash around my neck and Anita\u2019s neck.<\/p>\n<p>I met Anita\u2019s father, Abraham \u2014 a farmer barely making it. I love people \u2014 I love talking to them and hearing their stories. Abraham\u2019s first question was, \u201cWhere does the sun sit in the sky over your city?\u201d As a farmer, he was looking for a way to connect.<\/p>\n<p>Then we walked his farm. I can recognize corn or soybeans, but I didn\u2019t recognize millet, and I accidentally tore some up. When I asked if he took his crops into a market, he said, \u201cNo, I don\u2019t take any food to market \u2014 that\u2019s the food my family lives on.\u201d It hit me: I had wasted food he depends on for his family. The amazing thing was that he didn\u2019t get angry. He embraced me. His spirit that day was so awesome.<\/p>\n<p>I went with them on their walk for water, which was downhill nearly two miles over rocky terrain. I couldn\u2019t believe that their water source was a river \u2014 the water was filthy, filled with snakes and bugs. But Anita filled her jerry can and was chugging that water. Truthfully, I wouldn\u2019t have even washed my car with that water. On the walk back, I carried a full jerry can. It took us over twice as long to get back, and I was drenched in sweat.<\/p>\n<p>Abraham said to me, \u201cIt\u2019s an answer to prayer for my family that you are our daughter\u2019s sponsor.\u201d I felt like God was closing the loop, saying to them, \u201cYou are loved.\u201d I felt so connected to Abraham and Anita. But it was time to go. Three minutes before we left, Anita gave me a letter she\u2019d written for my daughter. Just as Sydney had drawn Anita, Anita had now drawn a portrait of Sydney. When I got home, that letter was the last gift I handed to Sydney, and she wept because she was so excited.<\/p>\n<p>We feel like our family needs to be making a difference in other people\u2019s lives and filling them up with God\u2019s love. I see in my family a desire to connect with other people. 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