Some people are drawn to causes that help children. Or maybe their passion is in finding a cure for cancer or Alzheimer’s. Others enjoy contributing to charities that fight poverty or hunger. Christians are called to help spread the Gospel, and many do that by supporting missionaries or local churches. I’m pretty fond of all these particular causes, myself. I’m a Christian with several friends fighting cancer, another whose mom (and the rest of her family) is dealing with Alzheimer’s. A lot of people I know contribute to World Vision or Compassion International (including me!), and most of my Christian friends give to their churches and to foreign missions. All important and good causes. My most important projects, however, are not always the most popular because the needs that speak to me most loudly are those of animals.

Right now one of my favorite causes is called Nowzad. Nowzad is an organization that rescues stray, abandoned or abused animals in Afghanistan, provides animal welfare education to the Afghan people, helps care for and humanely reduce the stray dog population, and helps soldiers rescue dogs and cats from the front lines and gets them the heck out of there, often sending them home (to the USA, UK, Canada, Italy, and other partner nations) to the families of soldiers serving in the line of fire. Lately I’ve been trying to help Lisa get out of the line of fire. She’s adorable, but so are all of them.

I’d invite you to take a look at some of what these good people are doing and support the cause, if you are so moved. These are good people doing good work in a dangerous and frightening place. I’m proud to help them do it!

Two of my rescues: Hillcat, the tuxedo tripod who has already crossed the Rainbow Bridge, and George, my little black baby who continues to live with me here in Belgium. Each has his own story, but we’ll save those for another post.

And shortly I’ll be posting about just how important animal causes are to me…stay close!