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MY STATEMENT
Have you
ever been compelled to do great things but
didn’t know where to start? Have you ever been inspired
to help others but lacked direction of how to do it?
Well thanks to two dreams that I had some ten years ago,
I am now committed to do great things by helping others.
It is all because of prayer, my belief in God, and the
revelation through two dreams that has given me focus
and a definite purpose in life. A dream, a simple dream
that has forever changed my life.
My name is Joseph K. Klougan
and I am 48 years old. I was born and raised in
Africa in an average African family setting. In Africa,
there is a different meaning to the word “average”. I
remember as if it were yesterday, losing many of my
young friends to disease such as malaria. I recall
feeling as if you were lucky if you reached the age of
thirteen because most of the children died before the
age of 12. I recall my friends faced with the difficult
decision of dropping out of school due to poverty and
their parent’s inability to support them financially.
Unfortunately, this is a sad reality for many of the
children throughout Africa and other impoverished to
this day.
You may wonder, how did I beat the
odds? The first and most important part of my
survival is my Christianity. I was born a Christian and
have always put my life situations in prayer. Thanks to
the mercies and goodness of God almighty, I had support
from a cousin who was able to take care of me. He took
care of all of my educational and medical needs. I was
no different from the others kids except for the support
I had. If only they had someone to take care of their
basic necessities of life. Are food and education not
expected for children? Should children expect to die
before they reach their teens? I think that we all know
the answers to these questions because of the comforts
and expectations we have in America. This supports my
belief that if every child in this situation is offered
some level of help in Africa and elsewhere around the
globe, illiteracy, infant mortality and malnutrition
will be partially or better yet totally eradicated. The
God in which I believe in would have it no other way. I
feel that it is my calling to help as much and as many
as I can.
Ten years ago, I had a dream.
In the dream, I was lifted up into the sky in the middle
of a multitude of birds encircled around me. I had
plenty of food and the birds came near and I gave them,
one by one, something to eat. I then realized that there
were so many birds to feed, and I woke up. The dream was
so vivid that I knew that there was meaning to it. That
night I fervently prayed asking the Lord to help me
understand the dream. To my amazement, the Lord gave me
yet another dream. In this dream, I saw myself in a
large building filled with boxes of soap and I stood at
the door where I saw many people. The people were all
lined up and I started giving away the boxes of soap,
one by one, and again I woke up. At that time, I still
could not understand the dream and I continued to pray
and I asked God for the meaning of the dreams.
I was sitting at my computer
several years later when I received revelation of
the dream. My prayers of many years had finally been
answered. God revealed to me that the birds represent
the children of the world and their desire and need for
food. The people all lined up for the soap represent the
need of all us to be cleansed. Cleansed of disease,
harsh living conditions, insufficient education; basic
expectation for most people throughout the world. The
fact that I dealt with the birds and the people in the
dreams one by one speaks to my purpose. Realizing the
meaning of the dream has given my life new purpose and
direction.
My purpose is fulfilled through God’s
Children International, a non-profit, 501(c)
(3) religious charity. The vision and goal of the
organization is to aid African children and children
around the globe with their basic needs for survival one
child at a time. We do this by addressing all facets of
their lives providing basic educational needs and
primary health care. Furthermore, we provide these
children with food supplements and vitamins, in order to
eradicate malnutrition among them. Our vision will
improve the lives of children worldwide and ensure a
better future for many generations to come one child at
a time.
J. K. Klougan
Founder |
