Story and photos By Paul Henri Kabore, Compassion Burkina Faso Field Communications Specialist It was noon when I reached the family’s house. There was too much sun. Rasmata and Aguirata were sitting with their mother, Fati, in the small living room because there was no shade outside. Only a small tree that was planted by Aguirata [...]

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See the photo? The one at the top of the page. It was done by one of you. Eric Chapman (aka chappyphoto) took it. He’s a friend we met by way of our Flickr group. We liked his photos so much we asked if we could use one in our blog’s header. Then we asked if he [...]

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A few years ago, a commercial asked, “What would you do?” for a certain ice-cream sandwich. There were people willing to ski the Alps, jump from planes, cross the desert, etc. All for an ice-cream sandwich. Now, I’ve had that particular brand of ice-cream sandwich. And it’s good. But it’s not THAT good. And obviously, it [...]

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Here are some numbers for you to chew on today. The Barna Group did a survey asking “born-again” Christians and other Americans what they had done in the past 12 months to help those in poverty. Among the results were: 75 percent of born-again Christians gave material resources, not including money, directly to the poor. 74 percent of [...]

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Working at Compassion is hard on your heart. When I purposely expose myself to the ugly things in life, I open myself up to possibility that my heart will be hurt. It’s a scary, vulnerable place, but it’s exactly where God has called me to be. My heart hurt badly last week when I read this in [...]

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Blogging gets children in poverty sponsored. Here’s da proof that blogging works. Be Thou My Vision flowerdust.net 429 children sponsored as a result of the Uganda blog trip. And here’s da rebuttal. The Search Kindly “Money Thermometer” shows that only $203 has been raised for Compassion this month. Using highly complex advanced math skills that bend the imagination as well [...]

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Be forewarned. What follows is pure rah-rah. It showed up in employee inboxes … from MARKETING. It’s just a small glimpse into the response Compassion Sunday 2008 has received so far. We’re at over 9,700 children sponsored. Our goal is 22,000. It’s not too late to host your own event. “Austin Bluffs Evangelical Free Church [...]

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In his book The New Friars, Scott A. Bessenecker tells a story of living in and serving a garbage community in Cairo with his family and some college students. After a month, “what at first was repulsive — rotting garbage piled everywhere, animals feeding off the trash, mothers climbing rubbish mountains with their babies [...]

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I’m in Guatemala right now, taking a handful of sponsors and radio broadcasters on a trip to see how Compassion is changing the lives of children in poverty. And I just had to share something that hit me today. I’ll try to keep this short because the internet service here is so iffy that I [...]

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