Little Evelyn almost became one of those ugly statistics that seem so difficult to understand.

She was almost one of a million African children whose lives get snuffed out in anonymous tragedy.

Her ramshackle home suffocating in the heat, and leaking, wet and muddy in the rain.

Her body thin and sick from ringworm and other withering disease.

Her mind, neglected and un-nurtured, with the awesome privilege of attending school only a playful dream.

Her soul, searching for comfort and aching from the loss of her earthly father, needing more than ever, the real presence and touch from her Heavenly Father.

It was into this dark world that a Wisconsin couple’s love would bring light.

A simple act of caring -- given in the name of our Heavenly Father through a CARITAS sponsorship program -- would reach halfway around the world and change little Evelyn’s life forever...