Welcome to Jacob's Kidney Campaign!

Earlier in the summer we raised money to buy a van for a needy family. It was the Yes We Can Van Campaign. Now we're raising money to save a man's life.

In 2005, less than a year after the devastating tsunami tore thru coastal Sri Lanka and 3 days after the Prime Minister was assassinated, I landed in Sri Lanka. My friend and I were to lead a conference for 100 pastors. Although my friend already knew our host, Jacob Perera, I hadn't met him yet. As I spent the next week with him, driving the hour-and-a-half from our hotel to the church and back, eating with his family in their home, and ministering in the conference, I came to love this man.

What a gentle man. What a sacrificial man. What a man of vision. I hadn't met such vision before. He was planning several new congregations, was launching a social organization to feed widows and orphans, train local workers in practical trades, and plant a Bible school, and start a sustainable farm. All this with no salary. He said he wanted to hold nothing back from developing the services that were on his heart. Jacob Perera is a wonderful man.

When I heard about his failing kidneys, I knew he wouldn't have the finances to pay for the operation. I decided to do my part, to sound the call, for this man, who does so much for so many. I simply cannot imagine Sri Lanka without him. What would his family do? What would his churches do? What would the orphans and widows he supports do? We might not be in Sri Lanka, but we can still help. Welcome to Jacob's Kidney Campaign!

The kidney transplant will cost about $20,000 USD (about 2,250,000 Sri Lankan rupees). Let's see what we can do. Let's save a life...and save others along the way!