Growing
joy is easier
than you
think!
You deserve
We tend to
think we need
to take action to
be happier. But
happiness isn’t
something you
have to make
happen; it’s
something you
let happen! Yo u
don’t have to
work for it: Yo u
simply welcome
it. Look for the
blessings in
each day, and
you’ll find more
than you can
ever count!K
ai Baldwin sat with tears
in his eyes as he pointed
toward the television.
“Oh no!” the 6-year-old cried,
as news of the Nebraska floods
showed images of a washed-out
bridge. “How will they save
their anima ls? We have to help
them fix the bridge, Mom!”
With that, he rushed to his
room to grab his piggy bank.
“How much is in here? ” he
asked his mom, Kristin Forbis,
who smiled as she counted out
$3.21. Kai nodded thought-
fully: Even at his young age, he
knew that wouldn’t be enough
to build a new bridge.
But touched by their son’s
desire to help, Kristin and her
husband got to work creatingWhen 6-year-old Kai Baldwin heard about
the tragic Nebraska floods, he began raising
money to build a bridge. Little did he know,
strangers states away were helping too—
and would make Kai’s dream come true!signs for Kai to carry around
their community of Vernal,
Utah, asking neighbors for
spare change he could send to
the farmers and ranchers.
“Kai, you made $285!”
Kristin cried as they counted
the money they’d collected
to send to the Nebraska Farm
Bureau Disaster Relief Fund.
“Good!” Kai smiled back.
“Now they can fix the bridge!
Little did he know, 2,000
miles away, in Culpeper,
Virginia, farmer and owner of
Wise Services and Recycling
Jesse Wise was putting a plan
into motion to do just that.
Hearing that locals were
sending hay to support the
cause in Nebraska, Jesse knew
he didn’t have enough to share.
But he had just scrapped a
bridge for a client. “Can you
use it?” he asked after calling
the Nebraska Farm Bureau.
“Yes! ” they answered grate-
fully, asking how soon he could
get it down to Cedar County,
where two bridges would need
replacing. Jesse called the
owner of the trucking busi-
ness Read Transportation and
Logistics, Pete Read.
“I’ll take it,” Pete said,
agreeing to transport theGood
things!
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bridge. And as word spread,
it seemed all the local busi-
nesses wanted to donate their
time to help—from the crane
company who helped lift the
bridge to the graphics company
that made the banners reading
#Bridge4Nebraska as it crossed
the five states to Cedar County.
“We thank them for their
support of our rural commu-
nity,” Steve Nelson, president
of the Nebraska Farm Bureau
said when the bridge arrived.
But Jesse and Pete insist no
thanks are necessary.
“I’m just glad to be able to
help fellow farmers,” says Jesse.
“We have to love and help
our neighbors,” Pete echoes.
As for Kai and his mom,
they are thrilled that an actual
bridge materia lized just days
after Kai’s donation arrived—
and were even more excited to
learn that the bridge was to be
named after Kai.
“It’s such a special coinci-
dence,” Kristin says. “For Kai,
he was just thinking of what
was in his power to help those
farmers, and he did it. But even
in small ways, when we open
our heart to others, it connects
us all!”
—Alexandra PollockProof that it only takes a little love to make a difference
Everyday Heroes
“Love is the bridge
that connects us all!”
Kai proudly (^) holding the letter
saying the new bridge (^) will
be named (^) after him
“When we (^) help others, miracles
happen!” says Pete (^) Read, who
helped transport a whole bridge
to (^) Nebraska after the floods
We (^) pay
$ (^250)!
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