Ladies and gentlemen, kids of all ages, prepare to be amazed. Turns out I’m the Chris Angel of the Philippines…without the eyeliner and pectoral muscles.
One of our bloggers has asked some outstanding questions about how Compassion handles its finances. So I told this story.
On my first trip overseas, way back in 2005, I boarded a… 
Archive for May 2011
A Magic Trick For Kristen
What Exactly Is Compassion International?
It woke me up this morning. Do people following this trip know what Compassion International is? Well, here’s the entire ministry explained in as few words as possible for those of you who are hearing about Compassion for the very first time.
Compassion International is a ministry that began in the 1950s in Korea to meet…
I’m Waiting
It’s late. I’m in a conference room, my rolling chair pulled up to a serious looking wooden table. Muzak plays overhead. Mothers with Macs, faces lit by pixels, are tapping away, trying to condense the last twelve hours of laughter and tears and cross-species flirtation into a blog post.
My job as leader guy is to…
In-Between
After more than 30 hours of flying without sleep I skip my usual nightly hot shower and crawl into a hotel bed. Four hours later I wake up, my body in a time zone between home and here. My eyes ache, my nerves hum just under the skin. The familiar discomfort of the first day…
Pray: Super Typhoon Impacts Philippines (Updated)
UPDATE: Compassion office in Philippines reporting that the typhoon has passed. No major damage or danger. Trip is on!
A “super typhoon” (category 5) Songda has swept through the Philippines. The storm was expected to directly hit the islands but instead glanced the Philippines’ northwestern provinces with winds up to 165 mph.
Compassion is monitoring the situation…
The Game Of Compassion
The boys from across the street, the cousins from one cul-de-sac over, come over to play football with my son in our front yard. I’m all-time quarterback.
The ball is hiked, I step back scanning the fescue for open receivers. I find one. Nathaniel. He’s a small eight, stealthy, and has snuck past his older…
About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a communicator who’s known by a lot of titles: Singer/songwriter. Speaker. Blogger. Husband. Daddy. Friend. He feels and thinks deeply and laughs easily. And he’s helping Christians discover what they were saved for, and being a voice for children around the world, desperate to be saved from poverty.
