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Brooke lives in Arizona, USA, with her Mom and Dad and two younger brothers. Brooke raised the most money at a fund- raiser for her school and won the grand prize - $100 cash.
After tithing 10% of her prize, Brooke planned to spend the rest of her money on toys and perhaps saving some towards a trip to Disneyland.
Meanwhile, I happened to speak at her church on Sunday and at her school a couple of days later.
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At school, I showed a video of Amanda reading a story from her children's Bible over the radio in Tonga. And I talked about the differences between growing up in America and in the Islands.
I said that children in the Islands do not have a Bible of their own.
And I mentioned that the Bible story book Amanda reads on the radio is wearing out.
 | Amanda reads from her new Bible during
her Sunday program |
Brooke talked to her parents about this, and they helped her see that toys and Disneyland are of temporary value but Bibles, to help other people know Jesus better, are of eternal value. It was a lesson about storing up treasure in heaven, from Matthew 6:19,20.
Brooke decided to give her prize money
to Pacific Partners for Bibles for the Islands.
With Brooke's gift we were able to purchase children's picture Bibles and send them to the Islands. Now, Amanda has a new Bible to read to her young listeners every Sunday morning.
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