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A Delightful Sunday
I have had a very busy day. We cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. I am so thankful for the kids’ help today. I could not have gotten so much done without them. Do you remember when you were a kid and mopping was a fun chore? I do; I used to love to mop. Nowadays,…
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Compassion International & Public Speaking (a prayer request)
I’m working on my second year as an advocate for children through Compassion International. As an advocate, my main responsibilities are to find sponsors for children who are living in poverty and to give sponsors an opportunity to be involved in a life-changing relationship. I have an opportunity tomorrow morning to share Compassion’s ministry with…
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Meet Ben Mwangi
Our church recently wrapped up a month-long child sponsorship campaign for Compassion International. On July 11, 2010, Ben Mwangi came to speak to us about the impact his Compassion sponsor made in his life. His presentation is broken into four parts on the Open Door youtube channel. If you have time, listen to his story.…
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Writing letters to your Compassion child
In the comments of the last post, Melanie asked what kinds of things I put in a letter to Greyci so that my letters aren’t always the same. It’s so easy to fall into a boring pattern of writing the same thing in every letter. I know I’m guilty of repeating myself. I became aware…
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Keeping Up with the Compassion Bloggers
Compassion International is conducting another blogger trip this week. This time in Kenya. I love following these trips and learning about what Compassion is doing to improve the lives of children all around the world. The first time I followed a blogger on one of these trips, I followed BooMama to Uganda. It was a…
Leslie Wiggins 