When you sponsor a child through Compassion International you are committing to pray, write letters and give $38 every month so that your sponsored child’s physical and spiritual needs can be met through a church in their neighborhood.
But what if the child’s need is greater than your $38 can meet? View Post
Two boxes arrive at my house every month full of child sponsorship packets to be laid out on tables at my concerts and speaking engagements. 200 kids waiting for sponsors. Every month. View Post
He wore a whole new outfit the day we met in Ethiopia. New Spiderman underwear even. He folded over and tugged down on the waist band of his pants to show them to me. It was a little awkward. View Post
I speak on behalf of Compassion International more than a hundred times a year. I feel like I’ve heard a million different questions regarding Compassion and poverty. A handful of them though are in heavy rotation. I’m in Kenya right now on Compassion International’s fifth blogging trip! And those same… Read More
Eliud is eighteen. An orphan for ten years, he lives alone in a home made of cardboard, wood and corrugated metal. It’s eight feet long, five and a half feet high and six feet deep. Because of a sponsor named Nick in Northern California, Eliud has enough – but you… Read More
My first job was painting miniature wooden ducks for a mail order duck of the month business. Seriously. I was fourteen and just sat around watching game shows and Oprah that summer with a paintbrush in hand. Then there was Chick-fil-A. Because, well, I love Christian chicken and having Sundays… Read More
Shaun Groves