On My Heart Lately

As of lately, it has been on my heart to share about Compassion International. I have shared about this wonderful ministry before, but it doesn't hurt to mention it again :) It is a Christian organization who gives sponsorships to children all over the world. For $38/month, you can benefit a child spiritually, economically, socially, and physically.

From their website:
"When you sponsor a child with Compassion, you change a child’s life — forever! Your support changes every aspect of your sponsored child’s life. Children in Compassion’s program have the opportunity to thrive spiritually, economically, socially and physically. Compassion is committed to helping children in desperate need grow into fulfilled, Christian adults.

When you sponsor a child with Compassion, you help shatter the cycle of poverty. You change the world — one child at a time. Compassion’s long-term holistic approach, along with your encouraging letters, will give your child hope and a new beginning.
 
You can release a child from poverty in Jesus’ name.

More than 22,000 children younger than 5 die from poverty-related causes that often are preventable and treatable. You can help turn these numbers around. Your $38 monthly sponsorship helps provide your child with life-changing benefits that include:

• nutritious snacks or meals
• educational opportunities
• health and hygiene training
• medical checkups
• the caring embrace of a local church
• the message of God’s love through Jesus Christ."

Nate and I knew we wanted to sponsor a child when we first got married. We have sponsored George (he is now 5, from Kenya) for about two years and it is truly a blessing.

Photo of George when we first sponsored him: age 3

Receiving mail from George is so exciting: knowing that he took the time to draw us a picture and talk with his translator to write us mail. And the contribution is minimal: $38 is easily a new shirt/new pair of shoes/date night that can be sacrificed to sponsor a child. We can give a child spiritual, economical, social, and physical support in exchange for simple luxuries that we can so often take for granted.

Please, please think over if you are being called to sponsor a child. It truly is a blessing and helping a child over buying a new shoes or going on a date night out once in a while? I think it's totally worth it.

For more information, head to their website: www.compassion.com

***I wasn't paid to write this post: it has just been on my heart lately to share this opportunity.

Compassion International

You may have noticed that I have put up a new picture/gadget/link thing on the left side of my blog page. It will direct you to Compassion International's website.

Compassion International is a Christian organization that goes into poverty-stricken countries and helps bring children out of that poverty through sponsorships and donations. The neat part about it is that it is all Christ-centered, child-focused, and church-based, meaning that Christ is in the center of the program and each child has the opportunity to hear the gospel in an age-appropriate fashion.

Nathan and I discussed sponsoring a child shortly after we were married: we have sponsored George for about a year and a half now.  George is from Kenya. When you first sign up, they send you all sorts of information about his country and what a typical day is like for George: what he plays, what work he has to do, what his family does. Plus: your child sends you mail! It is so sweet to see his precious pictures (he's four years old now, so can't fully write yet) and a translator writes a message from him to us. You can definitely write back as well!

 Picture of George!

It only costs $38/month, and that covers nutritious snacks and meals, educational opportunities, health and hygiene training, medical checkups, the caring embrace of a local church, and the message of God's love through Jesus Christ.

Isn't that amazing?! Only $38 takes care of ALLLLLLL of that. Sometimes as Americans, we take for granted all that has been given to us. The food we can easily purchase at a grocery store (that is also sanitary). Our public schools. The showers and bathtubs we have in our homes. Our comfy beds. AIR CONDITIONING. Medicines. Please please truly consider if you are being called to sponsor a child. It gives the child hope. It gives you the opportunity to change the child's future forever! All in the name of Christ :)

all information from here