Former Adventurer Helps Children in Tanzania
In Lendikinya, Tanzania, 8,000 miles from Florida, you can hear the tinkle of children laughing, and the shuffle of small feet causing swirling clouds of red dirt as they walk to school. Just months ago, this journey included stopping for drinking water from a muddy pit where flies swarmed and cows waded. Now, a 100,000-liter rainwater collection tank stands proudly outside their school, full of clean water provided by From Hearts 2 Hands.
My heart hurts to think about homes without storybooks or schools without a library to broaden students’ minds beyond their current, sometimes harsh, realities. Sadly, this is the case for children in Lendikinya Village. The goal is to change that and construct a children’s library beginning this fall. We hope Adventurer clubs will sponsor various books in Swahili, including Christian books to spread Jesus’ love across the globe.
In 2019, I founded a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, From Hearts 2 Hands (fromhearts2hands.com), which helps children in Tanzania. Recent projects include constructing handicap accessible bathrooms and wheelchair pathways for a disabled orphanage, building a science lab and playground, creating a reusable sanitary pad product distributed to 700-plus girls, and more.
While now I can be introduced as Briana Greene, M.D., prior to doctoring I was a Little Lamb/Eager Beaver director. Before that I was also once an Eager Beaver myself, and I believe those years were extremely formative for the person I’ve become and for the work I do abroad.
My Florida Adventurer club directors, Brad and Lisa Gary, put 1 Timothy 4:12 into action, trusting me to be the Little Lamb director while still in high school. I learned to do impactful things at a young age while acquiring resourcefulness. I took that mindset and skills gained on my first three-month solo service trip to Tanzania at age 22.
I can still repeat the Adventurer law by memory, and those years of saying it out loud week after week ingrained it into my very being. Jesus can help me to:
- Be obedient
- Be pure
- Be true
- Be kind
- Be respectful
- Be attentive
- Be helpful
- Be cheerful
- Be thoughtful
- Be reverent
Once an Adventurer, always an Adventurer, because the values you learn there remain. You can only imagine the wonders God has in store for the little 4- or 10-year-old child standing in front of you learning the Adventurer Law. You’re preparing them for His plan in the very best way.
Florida | November 2024
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