Compassion

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Challenge 2010 Ministry Web Site</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Challenge 2010 Ministry Web Site"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sharing"><U>Sharing</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Caring"><U>Caring</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Serving"><U>Serving</U></A>   |   <B>Compassion</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Compassion</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="490" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 377 WIDTH="484"><div> <B>The Global Fingerprints Backpack Challenge  </B></div> <bR> <div> One of the highlights of Challenge Ministry this year is our partnership with Global Fingerprints, a ministry of EFCA TouchGlobal committed to overseeing the sponsorship of needy children in Africa and South Asia, as well as partnering with EFCA churches to plant and implement orphanages in those particular regions.  Global Fingerprints has communicated to the Challenge Leadership Team that one of the specific needs of all of those children in the orphanages is that they each need a backpack.  They have communicated that in those particular regions of the world, backpacks become necessities for not only carrying books, but also for carrying and taking care of other personal belongings.  Global Fingerprints has developed a process where we will be able to sow backpacks for the children in the material and type that is most effective for them.  While we have the opportunity to sow and construct the backpacks, Global Fingerprints will expose our students and youth leaders to the Global Fingerprints ministries, to the needs of those children, and to the life and culture of those students.  We will also have the opportunity to pray over the backpacks for the students who will be using them.  This year at Challenge 2010, we want to encourage and challenge every youth group to register and participate in this challenge.  We pray that we will be able to sow and send over 7000 backpacks (at least one backpack per Challenge attendee), and we pray that God will continue to open the eyes of each student and youth leader at the conference towards the great needs and opportunities throughout the world.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>