{"id":1540,"date":"2021-07-15T20:10:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T18:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koinoniakids.org\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2025-12-04T23:32:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:32:36","slug":"our-family-was-now-one-child-richer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koinoniakids.org\/nl\/2021\/07\/15\/our-family-was-now-one-child-richer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ons gezin was nu een kind rijker."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beste lezer,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"294\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/koinoniakids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Carmen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1541 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size translation-block\"><strong>Na vele jaren achter de schermen te hebben gewerkt, raakte ik steeds meer betrokken bij en<\/strong> <strong>verbonden met<\/strong> Koinonia, en in het bijzonder met<strong> de straatkinderen in Oeganda<\/strong>. Mijn naam verraadt mijn Spaanse roots, en dat draagt bij aan mijn gepassioneerde karakter. Mijn hart voor de straatkinderen werd bijvoorbeeld steeds groter, totdat ik de stap nam om een van de Koinonia Kids in mijn familie op te nemen door financieel voor hem te zorgen.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Ons gezin was nu \u00e9\u00e9n kind rijker, en na een tijdje vier kinderen rijker<\/strong>... Dat is niet vanzelfsprekend voor een alleenstaande moeder met een klein inkomen, maar als ik naar hun situatie kijk, voel ik me rijk; zo rijk dat ik het fijn vind om die rijkdom met hen te delen. <strong>Mijn eigen kinderen hebben ook geleerd om die ruimte in hun leven te cre\u00ebren. Ze voelen zich niet tekortgedaan; integendeel, hun tevredenheid neemt toe en dat is op zich al een rijkdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Het is een voorrecht om te mogen werken met een team van mensen<\/strong> die hun hart openstellen voor degenen die het minst hebben in de samenleving. Elk van hen heeft zijn beperkingen, maar samen kunnen ze grote dingen bereiken... <strong>Zo kunnen we deze kinderen in woord en daad zeggen: ik hou van jullie!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Ik ben iedereen dankbaar die v\u00f3\u00f3r mij verantwoordelijkheid heeft genomen voor de kinderen in Oeganda. 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