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54 | November/December • 2014 By coURtney PhilliPS e book became so popular so quickly that Lynne knew she "couldn't keep taking money from people." She heard God whisper, "his little ones." With newfound purpose, she imme- diately applied for 501(c) 3 non-profit status with the IRS and His Little Ones Ministry was incorporated within six months. Since founding His Little Ones Ministry, Lynne has authored other books, even a secular children's book inspired by her grandsons, e Leg- end of Shipwreck Cove. All proceeds from all book sales are used as print- ing funds for countries that want to distribute Sharing Jesus with Children Around the World, but can't afford to print it. "Our goal is to get God's word to countries that can't pay for it. We nickel and dime it, here" said Lynne, whose entire staff, from bookkeeping to marketing, works pro bono. To further offset missionaries' print costs, Lynne is en- deavoring to get Sharing Jesus on the shelves of LifeWay Christian bookstores. Any windfall is helpful, as the need for printing fees continue to pour in. Recently, an indig- enous pastor from India requested funds for one million copies of the book to distribute to children. Travel-Size Sharing Jesus with Children Around the World is printed in different layouts, even a very small, pocket-size foldout edition, specifically for missionaries in Muslim strong- holds, where distributing the book could mean death for the distributor. "is way, it looks safe and harmless. We have missionaries risking their lives every day to distribute the book. One of the missionaries distributing our books in Indonesia has two members of his staff on the jihad hit list. I refuse to remove my name and contact information from the book. I want Christians to be able to get in touch with me," said Lynne. While Lynne and a volunteer administrative assistant, Brenda Brown, staff their location on Raeford Road, Lynne travels oen for personally funded missionary work. His Little Ones has an orphanage in Myanmar and partners with e Living Water to provide purified water around the globe for one penny per five gallons of water. Of her work in Myanmar, Lynne humbly notes, "We have raised churches, there. Well, God has." She brims with inspiring stories of Burmese women walking three days to attend a women's Christian confer- ence in Myanmar, the founding of the first Christian lit- erature center in Mindat and life-changing mission trips to Moldova and Honduras. Lynne tracks them all on an im- pressively populated pin board in their office. O ne evening, Fayetteville na- tive Lynne o'Quinn went to bed aer a fulfilling and tiring two weeks of babysit- ting her two small grandchildren. "I told my husband, 'don't wake me for anything! I'm so tired!'" she said. Little did she know, it wouldn't be her husband to interrupt her sleep that night, but God. "I dreamed of a figure of light. I walked into a room and sat down at a desk in front of Him. 'I'm sorry I'm late,' I said. He responded, 'What matters is that you're here, now.' He gave me a blank sheet of paper. I said, 'is talent was taken away from me.' He responded, 'You don't understand. is is your assignment." Lynne, a former songwriter and manager in the music in- dustry, woke with a start at 2:00 a.m. "I went straight down- stairs and sat at the kitchen table. I prayed. And I wrote. He gave me the words faster than I could write them," she told. Around the World in 7 Days When Lynne finished, she had the manuscript of a book that she titled Sharing Jesus with Children Around the World. "Within one day, it was published. Within a week of being published, it was on every continent," said Lynne. So far, the book has been distributed in more than 100 countries and translated into 53 languages. "We haven't paid for a single translation. e translators found us," she shared, in awe.

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