To kick off this blog, I thought I'd try and recap the backstory behind this little venture of our group's sponsoring kids in India.
- FEB 2011: Andy Melvin & The Unlikely Sons join Children's HopeChest on a vision trip to India, working with the Good Samaritan School.
- MAY 2011: Andy Melvin & The Unlikely Sons follow up with Children's HopeChest to see what kind of follow through action steps they can take to partner with the Good Samaritan School. The decision is made to "take on" the 3rd grade class at GSS and work to find each child a sponsor.
- JUNE 2011: The Unlikely Sons & Daughters group is officially formed as an umbrella group for future sponsors.
- OCT 2011: The Unlikely Sons & Daughters hosts "HELLO INDIA" event in Austin, Tx where we introduce our friends to Dr. Ananthi Jebasingh (founder of GSS) and Tom Davis (CEO of Children's HopeChest). These two leaders cast the vision for the need in India and the next steps we can take to help the GSS. Our sponsorship push officially kicks off this night.
- NOV 2011: Our first 2 Unlikely Sons & Daughters sponsors travel to India to meet their children and check out the GSS in hopes of developing a partnership for their home church!
- JAN 2012: We meet our goal of finding sponsors for all 57 3rd grade children at the GSS that were assigned to The Unlikely Sons & Daughters group. And we ask if there are more kids we can add to our group.
- FEB 2012: Our first full team of sponsors travels to India to serve at the GSS for a week and spend time with our group of sponsor children.
- MAR 2012: We launch our Unlikely Sons & Daughters blog to keep all our sponsors informed with stories and updates.
