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Saturday...what's not busy about a Saturday?  After all the errands and cleaning- Anders and I showed Luke the lake we found earlier in the week.  This didn't leave much time for me to go anywhere new to me.  After much thought, I decided that today would be the day I... Bought an iTunes gift card for the Benkert family.  iTunes?   This whole thing is my brothers idea and its his story to tell.  I've cut and copied his Facebook post.  Read and act on it. (for the whole story- check out their website: http://bringlove.in/)

31 Days of Nuly, day 11: I am dedicating a chunk of today to figuring out how I (hopefully WE) can help Levi Benkert and his family. I randomly found out about his book No Greater Love about a month ago and bought it. The story is about a 20-something year old guy (Levi) who left a major real estate business that he founded when the economy collapsed because, at his lowest moment, he heard about kids in a section of Ethiopia who were being killed because their parents believed that they were cursed due to a superstition. Over the past few years, Levi has dedicated his life to helping these kids -- and now others -- find homes by moving to a remote part of Ethiopia and literally helping to rescue children off of the street. He even adopted one girl who was left on the side of the road with her mouth filled with sand (intended to kill her). I was so moved by the book that I made email contact with Levi a few weeks ago. He has returned from Ethiopia and is touring the USA with his family this summer trying to raise money for their organization, Bring Love In. I offered my house for them to stay in August when they visit the NY area. He accepted. Since he is touring the country for 2 months with his wife and 4 young kids, I asked if there was any way we could help make their journey more enjoyable. He was reluctant to ask for anything, but after some prodding said that someone gave the kids and ipod and that it would be cool if I could help him load it up with some movies, songs or apps for the trip. I thought that perhaps we could surprise him today and load it up with credit from the itunes store. If you wouldn't mind making a small donation to Levi's itunes account, you can go to the itunes store, head over to their gift card section, and send him a credit to his email account: levibenkert@gmail.com. Thank you!!!!!

Check out their book: No Greater Love.  I read it and loved it.  I made it easy for you to buy....click the link to take you to Amazon :)  You can thank me later.