Stories of Grace

What Will Be Your Legacy?  part 2 ~ Generational Blessings

Posted by Brenda B. Gray in category Leaving a Legacy Touched by Grace on February 20, 2012

Last November and December, I visited friends to say “thank you” for the legacy they are leaving for Baptist Children’s Homes’ residents. I listen to their stories of how they became involved with our ministry. Often, their heart for giving goes back to the legacy their parents left them. Marie Blevins of Wilkesboro fondly remembers her father picking up produce, canned items and clothes and bringing to The Baptist Orphanage. Marie and her husband Raymond have now passed on that legacy to their friends and family by giving to care for our boys and girls.

I asked Linda Brookshire of Moravian Falls how she became involved with BCH. She shared how her parents harvested apples and potatoes for the Children’s Homes. Their actions instilled within Linda the importance of giving to meet the needs of God’s precious children. I have listened to story after story of the wonderful legacies that have been passed on from generation to generation that help sustain our ministry today.

Throughout the years, we have been blessed by those who have left a legacy by making Baptist Children’s Homes a part of their Last Will and Testimony. These funds are a critical means of support to the ministry. What greater legacy is there than being a part of changing a child’s life?