Just Like My Mom
I’ve discovered that the older I get, the more amazing my mother gets. For a few years, my mother raised me as a single mom. I was too young to remember that time, and she never talked about it much. Whenever I would ask her questions about those years, she would just shrug her…
At the end of June, I had the opportunity to travel to a developing country for the first time since hearing about the Global Food Crisis. I spent the week in Tanzania visiting Compassion child development centers and learning firsthand the impact the food crisis is having. I asked the people I met if the…
10 Questions With Edwin Estioko
Recently, we gave you the chance to ask Edwin Estioko, our Field Communication Specialist in the Philippines all your burning questions about himself, the Philippines and Compassion in the Philippines. Here are his answers …
1. Can you tell about the time when you first decided to work for Compassion? (Catherine)
Before Compassion I was production…
Compassion and Children
“As I sit here and write this, I have mixed emotions. Part of me is embarrassed that my child behaves this way, and her selfishness …”
Find out what our MySpace friend, Sue, is talking about.
my twelve year old daughter came from camp this past thursday and the first thing she said as soon as…
Give Us Your Best Half
Last Saturday’s half sentence post went well, but there’s only half a brain on this team, and its synapses are fried.
Fried synapses are gross. They smell bad, like a fizzled out smoke bomb (Happy Fourth of July y’all!) and they elevate cholesterol to unhealthy levels.
Anyway, back to task.
Give us your best half ……
I Hope
In my ongoing personal effort to not just blow by the Day of Prayer and Fasting for the millions affected by the global food crisis and get on with life, I have committed to doing a few things that maybe some of you would like to try too!
First of all, I have been trying…
A Message to Mothers
My name is Lisa Miles, and I have been a sponsor with Compassion for two years. My husband and I sponsor a 9-year-old boy in Ethiopia, and we have a correspondence child who is 17, also from Ethiopia.
I am not a Compassion exec or even a Compassion advocate (yet!), I was never a sponsored…
The Opposite of Poverty
“The opposite of poverty is enough.”
Have you heard us say this before?
Answer first, before reading on.
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