Okay, to be technically correct, we sponsored a little boy! (Although we do hope to adopt a baby someday...)Wilson is 5 years old and lives in a mountainous community of Columbia with his mom and 2 siblings. We chose him because he was born on August 28th, the same date as Colby!
The President/Founder of Compassion International spoke at our church recently. His personal story is just amazing and with God's help he was able to overcome hardship and devoted his life to becoming an advocate for children. There are many sketchy programs out there, but Compassion is not one of them. It has been listed among the top trustworthy not-for-profit companies for many, many years.
Sponsoring a child is just $32/month (or $384/year). With this money the child is able to attend school, get needed health care, assistance from a local church, and grow up knowing they are cared about by you. You can write letters to your child and will receive letters from them as well. You can even visit them if you want! We hope that as Colby gets older, he will be the one writing letters and learning about life in Columbia...and how different it is from our little 'burb.
I'm posting this, not to brag about how charitable we are (I'm sure many have us beat in that department), but in hopes at least one of you will pray about this and decide that you too would like to make a difference in a child's life. Take a look at the website, but be pre-warned...once you see their little faces you won't be able say no...
http://www.compassion.com/
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Praise be to God. I hope that all who read this account are provoked to jealousy to sponsor their own Compassion child!
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http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/
I've heard about this... but not until after we already sponsored a child through World Vision. Do you know if World Vision is as trustworthy as Compassion?
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