{"id":39418,"date":"2024-10-16T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adra.org\/?p=39418"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:04:43","slug":"a-young-heart-for-service-inspires-a-global-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/a-young-heart-for-service-inspires-a-global-mission","title":{"rendered":"Un joven coraz\u00f3n servicial inspira una misi\u00f3n mundial"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHelping others isn\u2019t a job you apply for, it\u2019s something that\u2019s in your heart\u201d, <\/em>says Miranda Christina Jobe, aged 9. Miranda has found joy in finding ways to help others around the world and sharing a message of service with others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Miranda, a 4th grader from Danville, Virginia, found the ADRA booth at the Potomac Camp Meeting, she immediately wanted to know what ADRA was doing to help people, and if she could help at the booth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Kimi-Roux James, the help and Miranda\u2019s enthusiasm were welcome. \u201cWhen she came to our table and asked to help, how could I say no to her enthusiasm and jubilant attitude,\u201d says Kimi-Roux.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miranda did whatever she could to help Kimi-Roux, including arranging the books on the table and meeting the new people who stopped by the booth. By listening to Kimi-Roux, she learned what to say to people and built up her confidence to talk to them about ADRA. \u201cWhen people came by and asked who she was, I said she was my manager and she really was\u201d said Kimi-Roux. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her time at the Potomac Camp Meeting sparked Miranda\u2019s imagination. What if she were able to set up an ADRA booth in her local church and help even more people? On their way home from the camp meeting, Miranda asked her mom Griselda if they could put a booth in their church. Griselda serves as pastor for the Piney Forest Seventh-day Adventist Church in Danville. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miranda got her wish, and after getting some pamphlets and give-a-ways donated by ADRA, she set up her table. Each week she stops people as they come in the door, and asks them to come to her table and hear about ADRA\u2019s work around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miranda cares deeply about other children, and when she and her parents looked at the ADRA website, and they found projects that involved orphans. \u201cWhen we were looking at the website,\u201d she says, \u201cit talked about helping orphans, and I liked that and wanted to help.\u201d Miranda shared information with her primary class and now they as a class are raising money for orphans through ADRA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her parents, Wesley and Griselda are proud of the young girl Miranda is and the care she has for others. They\u2019ve worked to instill a sense of service in both their daughters. \u201cTrue happiness and a strong relationship with God is experienced through service,\u201d says Wesley. \u201cThe more we serve and help people, the happier we are and the stronger our relationship with God becomes.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Griselda agrees, in a world where there is so much selfishness, she feels it\u2019s important for kids to understand the world is bigger than themselves. \u201cI think we have to make effort to grab our youth because the world is becoming very self-centered,\u201d she says, \u201cso we want our daughters to see the need in others and always be willing to help.\u201d Griselda is happy to see Miranda\u2019s work with the orphans and ADRA because it\u2019s something outside her area of the world that she can connect to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miranda says helping other people \u201cmakes me feel happy, and like I\u2019m actually doing something to make a difference.\u201d She hopes other young people get involved in serving others like she does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miranda\u2019s desire to help others is inspiring. Do you want to be like her and be part of ADRA\u2019s mission to help the most vulnerable? Maybe you can\u2019t go around the world as a humanitarian, or join an ADRA Connections trip<\/u><\/a>. But here are some suggestions on how you can serve too! You could hold an event at your local church like this Adventurer\u2019s club in Tennessee<\/u><\/a>! Or, you could be a Prayer Ambassador and pray for ADRA\u2019s work around the world each week! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You could also participate in your local community. Go Green with ADRA <\/u><\/a>and pick up trash at the playground. Other ideas could be, offering a smile to someone who seems lonely, making friends with someone at work, school, or in church, who may not have many friends or helping your family around the house. Whatever you do, remember what Miranda says about helping and service\u2014it\u2019s not just a job, \u201cit\u2019s something you have in your heart.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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