Mercy House Kenya February Supply Drive and Giveaway

I am doing this, won't you consider doing it as well? "Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return." Luke 6:38

This was originally was posted on Hallee The Homemaker's site -http://www.halleethehomemaker.com/2011/02/mercy-house-kenya-february-supply-drive-giveaway/

Mercy House Kenya February Supply Drive Giveaway

In March of last year, Kirsten Welch of the blog We Are That Family went to Kenya, Africa, with Compassion International to blog about their relief efforts in the slums of Nairobi. Just days after returning home, Kristen read a heartbreaking article by CNN about the large number of backstreet abortions by girls forced into prostitution to feed their families.

While in Kenya she met Maureen, a Compassion International student. Kirsten contacted Maureen and asked if she knew of any relief efforts to help these pregnant girls. Maureen knew of none. Four months later, Maureen contacted Kirsten with a vision God had placed in her heart.

Now they’re opening Mercy House.

As they’re getting funding together and paperwork and doing what they need to do to get everything started, they’re also doing a supply drive. Every month they’re collecting different items. February’s collection drive includes:

•Bandages
•Alcohol pads
•Gauze
•Latex-free gloves-most needed
•Tylenol and Tylenol brand items (cold, allergy, etc)
•Pain relief
•Antibiotic creams like Neosporin
•First Aid Kits
You can mail items to:

The Mercy House
8000 Research Forest Dr., Ste. 115-110
Spring, TX 77382

Here’s where Hallee comes in.

"I cannot tell you the heart I have for African missions. It has always been there, and I know without a doubt that God will have me working there at some point in my life. My soup kitchen work does things to my heart that I cannot explain, but one thing that really stood out to me is that it calmed this cry inside of my soul to be doing something.

I went to We Are That Family’s website to link to some linky and instead stumbled upon the information about Mercy House. The emotions that have overflowed my heart since reading about it last week have been overwhelming. The fact that a need was recognized, then two women of God got together to do something just impresses me and made me wish I could roll up my sleeves and help them.

Then I realized that I could.

They are having a monthly supply drive. While these supply drives are going on, I’m going to offer a giveaway every month.

We are going to donate $100 every month to Mercy House. If you win the giveaway, you can choose an item in Mercy House’s Etsy Shop and the balance of the $100 will be donated directly to them in your name.

This giveaway will end Monday, February 14, 2011, at 5PM EST.

Here is how to enter the giveaway:

1.Blog about the supply drive with specifics about what is being collected that month and include the mailing address. You must link back to this giveaway in your blog about it. The entire point is to get as much word out there about these supply drives as possible. The more people who enter this and blog about it, the more people will read about it. Leave a comment telling me that you did with a link to your post.
2.Post on your Facebook a link to this post. Leave a comment telling me that you did. You can enter every day.
3.Tweet about the supply drive. Include @halleeb so that I am copied on your tweet. Leave a comment telling me that you did. You can enter this way every day.
4.Send supplies. Leave a comment saying that you did. Be ready to have a Delivery Confirmation if you win."

Thanks Hallee!!