I’m at the Nashville baggage claim, minutes from seeing my wife and kids. Finally home.
I have tomorrow off and then head out again.
I’m not whining but I am tired. I haven’t had a break in a few weeks, with a trip to Uganda and a parasite and jet-lag and a sick wife and kids thrown into the middle of all these shows I’ve been playing. I’m emotionally spent and I miss my family.
Brian, my brother-in-law and artist relations guy at Compassion, knows me well and is a gifted empathizer. He must know how I’m feeling right now – that I’m in slight need of a little cheering on. So he sent me an e-mail last night simply titled “Sponsorship Milestone.” It said in part…
… you passed the 2,000 mark for lifetime sponsorships. …Congrats!
Worth every mile, every snotty gate agent, every lost piece of luggage. One more weekend and then I get a break. I can do this.
Thanks, Brian.
And thanks to all of you who pray for me, encourage me, and have sponsored kids or booked me to play or speak for your city. You’ve changed the lives of 2,000 children.
Crystal Renaud says:
incredible!
pam says:
That is so great, Shaun. Take a rest. Enjoy that sweet family. I pray God will multiply your short time at home and give you strength for what is ahead.
Glad to link arms with you and Compassion.
btw, my word verification is only 16 . . . too, too funny!
RevJeff says:
Sola Deo Gloria :- )
katie larson says:
hey Shaun! that’s great. I have been reading your blog awhile, and decided I could sponser a second child in part because of what I’ve been reading. My first sponser child I got in 9th grade. My parents were mad at me for signing up at a youth retreat because I didn’t exactly have a job. or anything. but i did have 24 dollars or whatever it was back then, and I did go get a job and was that child’s sponser for 10 years. it is so great that people are out there to encourage folks to do such a great thing
Tracy says:
That’s awesome, Shaun!
I am continuing to pray for you and your family. Enjoy the rest, even though it is short-lived.
God is continuing to use you in amazing ways. He never ceases to amaze me!
euphrony says:
I would bet the total number is significantly great, when counting people who have read what you said about Compassion or heard you at a concert and later decided to act. Keep up the good work!
Aims says:
That is awesome! To what event to do you head out to next? Tour schedule here says you don’t leave till the 9th what gives?
P.D. Ross says:
Keep running the race brother!
Christine says:
Congratulations, that is incredible! 2,000 lives changed completely.
I finally just got “White Flag” and “Twilight”, after being a fan of “Invitation To Eavesdrop” for years, and am enjoying them immensely. I got free “I Downloaded This Shirt” t-shirt with my order, and I can’t wait to wear it this summer!
Noelle says:
Praying for ya.
Linda Sue says:
You and your family who also sacrifice for the cause are to be praised and obvious it is indeed to the Glory of God – lives are changing and we’ll pray a strong hedge around you and your family for a time of restoration. Thank you Shaun – in the name of all those beautiful children and grateful sponsors. Vaya con dios
Kelly @ Love well says:
Congratulations, Shaun. That’s huge.
But I hope you get home to your family soon, too. It’s tough to balance this life, and missing your family really stinks.
travis Spencer says:
great trip.
One time i came home from a trip in South America with a friend called Perry. (My very own little paracite!)
Hope you reconnect with your family.
Jason says:
simply amazing…keep up the hard work
fireball says:
hi
i love your blog. i love it becasue it challenges me to the core. your visual images from uganda were so powerful. our older pastors are in uganda serving at our missionarys orphange near kitgum for 4 months while she is here home on furlong. so uganda is in my heart.
i thought you would like this song by New Zealander Brooke Fraser called Albertine – right up your alley.
http://fireball.lifewithchrist.org/permalink/40069.html
i hope you watch it…
Grovesfan says:
All I can say is Praise the Lord! You and your family’s sacrifice for the kingdom will not go unrewarded. I know that’s not why you do it, but know that the race you run is a great one.
Beth
Sarah Chia says:
That’s awesome.
Hope your upcoming break will be especially relaxing.
boomama says:
I am proud of you. And I’m especially proud for those 2,000 kids.
Hang in there. It’s worth it.
Bush says:
incredible.
Dennis says:
Hi Brother,
He renews our strength like the eagles, I will pray He does so.
Greetings! Thanks for all
Kat says:
That’s incredible. 2,000 children’s lives transformed…wow.