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.
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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…)
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1:09 pm |
A day of celebration, a lifetime of hope
When you’re poor, gifts are great but hope is even greater.
That’s what the children at Compassion’s Kalimpong Child Development Center in eastern India have come to understand, especially at Christmas. They’re giddy when they open their presents, but the hope they bring home every day from their sponsors’ encouragement and support helps lift their families from poverty’s despair.
Each Christmas, the children celebrate Christ’s birth with a program of song and dance. Hundreds in the community attend. Afterward, each child receives gifts made possible through Compassion sponsors and donors. Christmas gifts have special significance at this Himalayan center: Eighty-five percent of the kids come from homes where parents can’t afford even one gift.
“I can’t wait for Christmas,” says Gufran, a sixth-grader. “That is the only time I don’t have to depend on my father for a new pair of clothes or shoes.” As presents are distributed, he receives a jacket, a new pair of shoes and a T-shirt, and a blanket for his family.
Gufran’s father, Mukhatar, works as a tailor to provide for his wife and seven children. But there never seems to be enough. This Muslim family lives in an 8-foot-by-8-foot home made of wood and aluminum with no electricity or water.
Mukhatar is so thankful for his son’s sponsor. He didn’t believe his family could ever overcome poverty, but now he has hope for a brighter future.
Maybe you’ve been waiting to sponsor a child because it’s not financially feasible to take on a long-term commitment, but this is a very cool short-term way to help a child.
Learn more about Compassion’s Christmas Gift Program and Compassion’s work in India.
If you are hoping to sponsor a waiting child from one of 28 countries, check it out. I am a Compassion sponsor, my friends, and it’s life changing. Reading letters from Buli, learning about her family, praying for her, and being a very small part of nurturing her future is a blessing.
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If you joined me from Encouragement for Today, welcome! I’m so glad you are here.
Last month I traveled to Ecuador with Compassion International. There are a lot of memorable moments. Riding with six other people in the back of a small pickup truck. Holding a beautiful baby whose future looked a lot brighter because of the Infant Survival program. Leaving over 50 blankets, many of them made by you and vacuum packed in my bag with mommas and babies. (I carried all my clothes in my computer case — who needs lots of clothes when babies need blankets?)
Here we are in a home that houses a mom and her three little guys. All three of the boys are sponsored by Compassion International.
This is two-year-old Scarlett. She was sponsored when she was in her momma’s womb. She is in the Infant Survival program. At two, she is healthy, bright, and beautiful. Her Compassion tutor is working with her at her Grandma’s home. He spent 45 minutes teaching her colors, working with her on dexterity, and teaching her how to count. He meets with Scarlett 3 times a week, keeping careful records of her progress, educating her, making sure she is healthy and fed, talking to her about a Jesus who loves her.
Teens have a safe place to go in this project (one of three that I visited).
Can I be honest with you? I’m terrible at asking for anything. I’d rather give any day than ask. But as a Compassion sponsor, I’ve learned how powerful it is to give.
My Compassion child lives in India. Her name is Buli. Her mother and father are day laborers. She’s 6-years-old and beautiful. For the past year I’ve communicated with Buli by mail. The $38 I spend per month seems small when I try to spend it my economy, but in her’s it is the difference between poverty and hunger and working young in the streets or market vs. being fed, and schooled, and a future.
It’s the best $38 I have invested in anything, and I’m so grateful for the opportunity.
No pressure here, my friends. But if you feel that nudge that says this might be something you’re supposed to do or just want to check it out, may I introduce you to Compassion and a whole lot of waiting kids? Click on the logo below to immediately be introduced to beautiful children that are waiting for a sponsor, just like you.
If you sponsor a child today, comment below and I’ll enter you in a drawing for one of two $25 gift certificates. It’s my way of saying thank you for loving a child.
If you have questions about Compassion International, please feel free to ask them. I’d love to talk with you!
Even if today you aren’t able to sponsor a child, still leave a comment. There’s a special surprise giveaway for one person who leaves a comment.
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