Last week when we were in India, we talked a little about sex trafficking and prostitution and what compassion is doing on the ground to get these sweet girls in our program from getting caught up in it all. Because we always are partnered with the local church, it’s normal for girls to be taught [...]
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Meeting Sponsor Children Is Always A Great Experience
One of the greatest moments is watching sponsors meet their sponsor kids and today was all about that. Angie, Melissa, Robin, Anne, Patricia, Shaun and Becky all met their kids today and we all had a blast with the great moments that happened.(That’s me and Angie’s sponsor child, Sangita, in the picture above.) We took [...]
Street Kids, Prostitutes, Slums and A Better Future
I’m going back and forth on what to write. Today we saw enough for me to blog on for an entire week and still probably not cover it all. So with that I will just give you this thought. We went to a slum near our hotel where the Church partnered with Compassion has helped [...]
Dreamers Dream if They Know They Can Dream
I know it sounds a little weird to say it like that but I’m big on seeing kids realize their dreams. I have met kids all over the world who have dreams…. Big dreams!!!! However… not so much here. Well… Not exactly. For the past two days we’ve been meeting kids and their families. When [...]
Compassion International Blogging Trip To India – How You Can Help
As some of you know, I’m headed to Kolkata, India (Calcutta). By the time you read this we will probably be in New Delhi on an overnight layover. I’m taking these group of bloggers headed up by Shaun Groves who handles CompassionBloggers.com for us. We are in for quite a trip indeed. I want to [...]
Compassion International Creates A Community Of Dreamers
All this week I’ve been showing the work of Compassion International to a group of artists and music industry people. It’s been another amazing trip to the Dominican Republic. Today we leave to come home but with encouraging hope for the future of the kids we played with and got to know. The one thing [...]
Mercy Me Made Jose A Superstar Today
For the past two days I’ve been in the Dominican Republic with the band Mercy Me showing them the work of Compassion International. Today we met their sponsor child Jose. All the members of the band sponsor child individually but as a band… they sponsor this little guy together. Jose isn’t shy and he is [...]
