I asked you guys to e-mail me any questions you have about Compassion International. Christine did. She wrote:
One thing I have wondered is whether it is really working. Is it really breaking the cycle of poverty? Are there adults who were sponsored as a child still living in poverty? I sure hope not, but I’d really like to know the story of an adult that came through Compassion and lives a better life than the generations he/she came from.
The answer showed up the very next day at a hotel in Uganda. Prossy’s former sponsor read about our trip to Uganda and e-mailed Prossy telling her to go meet us (I’m still not understanding how she found out where we were exactly.) Prossy showed up at a hotel where we were having lunch, excited to meet a bunch of bloggers working with Compassion. For Prossy, she said, it was the next best thing to meeting her sponsor.
Having just read Christine’s e-mail, I asked Carlos to grab some video of me talking with Prossy about her experience as a sponsored child and her life now. Prossy is a mature Christian adult whose children will not need .Compassion International. That’s success. Here’s your answer, Christine.
From poverty to small business owner for $32 a month. Make the same kind of impact on a child. Become a sponsor. And then tell us about it.
pam says:
This was wonderful to see. I can just envision the little girl we are sponsoring being like this in 18 years or so. WOW! How cool is that!
Thanks for sharing, Shaun.
Grovesfan says:
WOW!! Just, WOW!!
Beth
Adrianne says:
I just got my first letter with drawings from my Marcos in Brazil. Thank you so much for sharing such a personal message with so many of us who just want to know we aren’t giving in hopes of our small sacrifice making a difference, but with evidence that it is making a difference!
Christine (yes, this Christine) says:
Wow. Thank you so much for answering my question, Shaun, in such a profound way. I am humbled and awed at how much joy and hope Prossy has – all through Jesus, the greatest gift Compassion and Mary Ann gave her.
More of my response at my blog here:
http://beside-still-waters.org/2008/02/21/yes-it-does-make-a-difference/
Lana says:
Beautiful!!
I was in messy tears when this young lady named off members of Maryann’s family, with all the warmth and familiarity of close relatives. Beautiful! Amazing. Blessings upon Maryann for making that personal connection. You can just see how it’s made all the difference to Prossy—how it’s made Jesus real to her.
Amazing. Beautiful.
PJ says:
What a heart-stirring video! Nothing like hearing it from someone who has lived it!
Carolyn F says:
That was beautiful. I have goosebumps. I updated my blog with my second post about sponsorship!