During my time in Haiti, our trip leader told us about the Compassion Advocate program. It is designed for avid sponsors to get the word out about Compassion. Advocates go through training and orientations to learn more about Compassion. I am happy to say that I am now an advocate for Compassion. I will be able to order materials about sponsoring children and will be able to attend Compassion events in the Nashville area.
If you would like to learn more about Compassion and releasing children from poverty click here.
If you are interested in sponsoring a child, please let me know! I would be happy to get you connected.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
So What?
At the end of a sermon on Sundays, my pastor will end with, so what? What does this mean to us? How can we apply what we learned? I look back on my trip to Haiti which was a little less than a month ago. I try to remember what we did each day and I am glad I kept a journal. There are still a lot of thoughts bouncing around in my head.
I feel as though this trip allowed me to experience simplicity in the midst of poverty. It made me realize that I need to rest in Him each day. I need to set my idols aside and focus on Him. I want contentment in Him. I feel blessed for all God has provided me with. The fact that I raised the money to go on the trip and that I was able to take that time off from work. I am thankful for the team I went with to Haiti and that we all keep in touch. I want to remember the smiles on the kids faces and that they don't even know that they have so little.
Once I realized that Madiana's house was taken in the earthquake, I felt it my mission to get her a house. God has provided me with more than enough money to give to her to build a house. It is hard for me to grasp the idea of her and her family of 11 living in a tent for the past four years. My bedroom alone is probably bigger than anything her and her family will ever live in. I have already started donating money to her and her family to build a house. I will continue to give until their house is finished. The estimate to build a house for them is $300-500. I want them to be able to build a sturdy earthquake proof house if at all possible.
Her and her family also have some health issues that I want to be taken care of. Madiana has boils on her body and her eyes look yellow. Her father has diabetes and kidney stones. I am also helping them pay for doctor visits and any necessary treatments to help them get back to good health.
Once Madiana is 18, she will be done with the Compassion program. I will be free to visit her whenever and she can visit me if she wishes to. I think it's incredible that I pay such a small amount each month to give to Madiana and it provides her and her family with so much. I look forward to going back to visit her again soon and to hopefully visit her and her family in their new house.
Thank you to everyone who prayed for me, supported me financially, and encouraged me.
I feel as though this trip allowed me to experience simplicity in the midst of poverty. It made me realize that I need to rest in Him each day. I need to set my idols aside and focus on Him. I want contentment in Him. I feel blessed for all God has provided me with. The fact that I raised the money to go on the trip and that I was able to take that time off from work. I am thankful for the team I went with to Haiti and that we all keep in touch. I want to remember the smiles on the kids faces and that they don't even know that they have so little.
Once I realized that Madiana's house was taken in the earthquake, I felt it my mission to get her a house. God has provided me with more than enough money to give to her to build a house. It is hard for me to grasp the idea of her and her family of 11 living in a tent for the past four years. My bedroom alone is probably bigger than anything her and her family will ever live in. I have already started donating money to her and her family to build a house. I will continue to give until their house is finished. The estimate to build a house for them is $300-500. I want them to be able to build a sturdy earthquake proof house if at all possible.
Her and her family also have some health issues that I want to be taken care of. Madiana has boils on her body and her eyes look yellow. Her father has diabetes and kidney stones. I am also helping them pay for doctor visits and any necessary treatments to help them get back to good health.
Once Madiana is 18, she will be done with the Compassion program. I will be free to visit her whenever and she can visit me if she wishes to. I think it's incredible that I pay such a small amount each month to give to Madiana and it provides her and her family with so much. I look forward to going back to visit her again soon and to hopefully visit her and her family in their new house.
Thank you to everyone who prayed for me, supported me financially, and encouraged me.
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