“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:10 Manuel had been a Christian for only four years when he became Pastor Manuel. “It was the seventies,” he said. “Persecution was great.” Rocks thrown through church windows. Church members harassed and… Read More
This is the typical home for a family served by Compassion International child development center EC431 just outside of Quito, Ecuador. Mom, Dad, five boys and two girls live in this house. Let’s go inside. Please go here to read the amazing words of our Compassion Bloggers team, see more… Read More
The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the… Read More
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I sat down to write this morning and decided I have no better words than these… I was 20 when I became Katherinne’s sponsor. I was an idealist college student with a little spending money from my grandparents, a part-time job in the bowling alley, and really no sense of… Read More
“So what do you do with Compassion exactly?” asked the only other man at the all-ladies blogging conference I spoke at over the weekend. I explained. “So…you travel around the world…with mostly women…you met on the internet,” he clarified. “Yep. That’s pretty much it I guess. It sounds a lot… Read More
Shaun Groves