why I love Compassion
JAVIER’S STORY
After a three-day drinking binge, Mario lay in bed, unable to get up. No medicine could help him now as he vomited and his fever raged. Years of drinking were taking a toll.
His 8-year-old son, Javier, however, was sure he had the cure. Since registering in Compassion’s sponsorship program through a local church, Javier learned that God had a special purpose for him. (more…)
Compassion update: AchileI just found out that a child desperately needs help, greater than his Compassion sponsor’s monthly donations can give. Achile is an 8-year-old boy in Burkina Faso with a congenital heart defect known as tetralogy of Fallot. He has been in pain for five years and hasn’t been able to attend school regularly and receive the full of benefit of his sponsorships.
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real compassion
Little Eric is still on my heart. The child I met in Ecuador who washed his clothes by hand, whose single mother lived in a home carved out of a rocky wall beside the busy street. (more…)
Joanita’s Story
When I traveled to Ecuador with Compassion Intl., I met four students in the Compassion Leadership Development Program. Johnny had no dad, a mom who worked as a day laborer, and no chance to be educated, much less become a professor of physics–something that he had become through Compassion.
He told me of his plans to go back to his old Compassion project and work as a teacher. He was already volunteering at the school while studying. He also was sponsoring a child from his home city, giving the gift that keeps on changing lives.
Johnny’s story is not an isolated one. This is Joanita’s story, another student in Compassion’s Leadership Development program:
Poverty. No mom and dad. No love. Joanita Nannyunja remembers her childhood with sadness. And yet, God had a plan for His daughter.
After Joanita’s parents died of AIDS, a friend of the family knew Joanita needed help — and hope. (more…)
Help Haiti Live
Doyou love music? Love children? Here’s a way you can tune in to some of the best Christian musical artists and help thousands of children in Haiti.
If you visit here often, you know that I’m a big fan of Compassion International. I would stand on street corners and tell strangers about this organization.
One, because my family is privileged to sponsor a beautiful little girl named Buli.
Two, because I’ve traveled with Compassion and seen their work up close and personal.
One month following the 7.1 earthquake that struck Haiti, an all-star cast of musicians is gathering for “Help Haiti Live,” a two-city ticketed concert event taking place on February 27th, 2010 to benefit Compassion International’s Haiti.
Haiti earthquake
I’m interrupting our conversation on crossroads for one day. As many of you know, I’m a huge fan of Compassion International. I traveled to Ecuador a couple of months ago to a Compassion project, and as a family Richard and I sponsor a little girl in India.
The catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12 has resulted in unfathomable chaos and devastation for hundreds of thousands of children and families.
Compassion sponsors and donors serve more than 65,000 children in Haiti. At least a third of them live in the areas that were hardest hit.
I am asking you to please send a gift today to help precious children and their families, and to encourage others to give to Compassion International. The people of Haiti desperately need our help and hope. (more…)
Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker columnist, and author T. Suzanne Eller shares how to live free when you've felt broken, how to nurture family regardless of the obstacles, and how to deepen intimacy with a relevant and life-changing Savior.
