It’s gonna be a great summer!

I say that every year.

This year it started as a routine conversation. I was chatting with some ten year olds at my church about the upcoming summer vacation.

I heard the usual responses. Some were playing on ball teams. Some were going to camp. Others were going to be traveling with their families. One girl said that her family was going to Orlando.

“I’m going to Orlando, too,” I said.

It wasn’t what they probably thought. My plans don’t include theme parks or day trips to travel to the beach.

The Orlando Children’s Church is my destination with a number of other children’s authors. We (the Christian Authors Network) have the privilege of co-hosting a literacy mission event with the Christian Booksellers Association for more than 500 children from at-risk situations. You can hear all about the church from its pastor, Peter O’Driscoll, here.

I’d like to invite you to be involved in the event, too. You see, we are filling a bag for each child who attends. The filling will be Christian children’s books and literacy-related items (bookmarks, pencils, etc.). I’d like to invite you to participate in one or more of the following ways:

1. Pray for the children who will attend the event. Pray that they will be healthy and available to attend.
2. Pray for the authors who will be talking with the children. Pray that God will give them the words that will speak to the hearts of the children.
3. Consider donating a new or like-new Christian book (or books) for a child from preschool to high school in age.
4. Consider donating cash to the Christian Authors Network (CAN), so that the organization can purchase additional Christian children’s books for the children from Orlando area retailers.

If you are sending books or cash donations, contact me (carolmcadamsmoore@gmail.com) for the needed addresses.

Thanks in advance for considering to give for this event.

It’s gonna be a great summer!

Carol