Callie MunozDonor medals are displayed at the Gift Donor Service held at Life Fellowship Church on Nov. 1. Families of organ, eye and tissue donors received a medal for the gift that their loved one gave unselfishly to others.
Any time mortality is at stake, faith becomes an issue.
“I’m sitting here with the reality of dying,” Buster Foster said. “If you’re a Christian, the first thing you’re going to do is go to God. I started to wonder if this was it.”
Friday marked the first day of National Donor Sabbath, which people are celebrating across the country. Organized by Donate Life America, National Donor Sabbath has been celebrated every year since its inception in 1997.
During this annual three-day weekend, donation and transplant organizations work closely with faith leaders and communities to bring awareness of the importance of organ donation to congregations worldwide.
Because of faith and a liver transplant, 63-year-old Foster, owner of Buzula Furniture, knows that God is responsible for his second chance at life.
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To register as a donor in California:
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
Outside California:
www.organdonor.gov | www.donatelife.
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