Saturday, November 24, 2007

Pastor camps out on fast food rooftop for African orphans

by Michelle Vu, Christian Today US Correspondent
Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 10:25 (GMT)


A pastor in New Mexico has started a week of living on the roof of a local restaurant to raise awareness and funds for children in need and orphans in Africa.

The Rev Dr Michael Hattabaugh started his camp out on top of a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Albuquerque on Monday as part of the “Get Mike Down” project to remind people that millions of children need “a roof over their heads”.

“It is hard to wrap your arms around 15 million orphans [in Africa],” said Hattabaugh, director of the National Day of Care. “That’s bigger than a lot of states in the United States. That’s like eight New Mexico’s just full of orphans. It is just hard to grasp that.

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