Some Blessings Become So Familiar That We Stop Seeing Them
Kenya
United States of America
For many of us in the United States, a sick child means making a phone call, driving to a clinic, filling a prescription, or visiting an emergency room.
Healthcare in America is not perfect. Families still face high costs, long waits, and difficult circumstances. But many of us live with a basic expectation that when a child needs help, some form of care will be within reach.
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We expect the faucet to work.
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We expect food to be available.
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We expect children to attend school.
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We expect medicine, transportation, shelter, and help during an emergency.
At Joshua Village in Kenya, these essentials cannot be taken for granted. Keeping them available requires prayer, planning, local leadership, and the faithful generosity of people who choose to help.
Here, we often expect help to be within reach.
At Joshua Village, your gift helps put care within reach.
What Your Gift Helps Make Possible
Gratitude Should Go Somewhere
America’s 250th birthday gives us an opportunity to do more than look back.
It gives us an opportunity to ask:
What will we do with the blessings we have received?
We can celebrate freedom by helping children have the freedom to grow, learn, heal, worship, and hope.
“From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded.”
— Luke 12:48
This is not a campaign built on guilt.
It is an invitation to recognize God’s provision in our own lives and allow that gratitude to become provision for someone else.
The Birthday Gift
Make a one-time gift of $25 or more and help CMI reach its goal of 250 givers by July 4.
Hope Beyond the Fourth - Give $25 monthly.
Provide dependable support that continues after the flags are folded and the fireworks fade.
The Commemorative Gift
Mark America’s 250th birthday with a significant gift toward the care and future of children served through CMI.
Choose Another Amount
Every gift matters. Every giver becomes part of the 250.
Choose Your Place in the 250
0 OF 250 GIVERS
Each completed space represents a person, family, church, or business that has turned gratitude into practical care.
Your gift amount does not determine whether you count.
Your decision to take part does.
Will you fill the next space?
More Than a Number
The children served through CMI are not numbers in a campaign.
They are students, friends, brothers, sisters, singers, athletes, helpers, dreamers, and young people created in the image of God.
The number 250 gives us a goal.
Their individual lives give us the reason.
Through Joshua Village, vulnerable children receive a home, education, food, healthcare, spiritual guidance, and the consistent care of adults who know them.
CMI has supported this ministry for more than a decade. America’s Birthday Gift will help that commitment continue.
Why Give Through CMI?
Long-Term Relationships
CMI works through established relationships with local Christian leaders who understand their communities and remain closely involved in the work.
Responsible Stewardship
Requests are evaluated for ministry alignment, practical need, anticipated cost, and intended outcome.
Documented Accountability
CMI requests documentation, receives project updates, maintains nonprofit financial records, and makes public financial reporting available.
Volunteer Leadership
CMI is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. Its officers and directors receive no compensation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this an individual child-sponsorship program?
No. Donors are not assigned exclusive responsibility for an individual child. Gifts work together to strengthen the care provided through CMI’s orphan ministry and related ministry needs.
This protects children’s privacy while helping CMI respond responsibly across food, healthcare, schooling, shelter, spiritual formation, and urgent needs.
Must I give $250?
No. The campaign goal is to welcome 250 givers. You may give $25, $250, another amount, or establish a monthly gift.
Why is monthly giving important?
Children need care throughout the year—not only during a campaign. Monthly gifts help CMI plan, meet ongoing commitments, and respond to unexpected needs.
Can my church, Bible class, family, or business participate?
Yes. Groups may give together, set their own goal, share the campaign, or invite others to help fill the 250.
Is my contribution tax-deductible?
Central Missions International is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Before the Fireworks, Give a Gift That Will Last
July 4, 2026, will come only once.
This is our opportunity to celebrate 250 years by helping approximately 250 children receive the care, education, security, and Christian encouragement every child deserves.
250 years.
250 children.
A place in the mission is waiting for you.
Hope That Reaches the World
Central Missions International is a Christian missions ministry dedicated to sharing the Gospel, planting churches, mentoring evangelists, caring for orphans, and building sustainable ministry in communities around the world.
Central Missions International is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Donors may express a preference for a ministry, project, or area of service. CMI retains legal discretion and control over contributions and uses funds in a manner consistent with its charitable purposes.