A few years ago in El Salvador I saw real poverty for the first time. At the end of the week we gathered just off the hotel lobby, circled up in metal folding chairs, and talked about how we were feeling. Diving so far, so quickly, into poverty can nearly… Read More
Did you know you can see all of Keely‘s pics from the Uganda blogging trip on flickr? And all the videos are on their own Youtube channel too. View Post
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? … Read More
I took a trip to Brenda’s house. And now I’m bringing you with me. Anne and Shannon wrote about this home too. If you could visit your sponsored child what would you say? What would you ask? View Post
(This is the Nile, by the way. THE NILE!) View Post
Jesus talked more about this thing he called the “kingdom of heaven” or the “kingdom of God” than anything else. He said he came to bring it here to earth. It IS the Good News he preached everywhere he went. It was important to him. It’s odd then that when… Read More
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