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Dec 6 2008

Healing Prayer

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Every month we receive prayer requests from our country staff; prayer requests that we publish in our monthly prayer calendar, on compassion.com and as tweets.
Would you mind joining us in healing prayer for these sponsored children:

Komol in Bangladesh, who is suffering from heart disease
Soledad in Bolivia, who is waiting for a kidney transplant
Jacob and…

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Hello everyone. I didn’t expect to get “corporate” on you so quickly, but … our AIDS Initiative was featured on FOX21, Colorado Springs’ local FOX affiliate the other day.
And since Monday was World AIDS Day, and Amber and Becky wrote about the AIDS Initiative, I felt compelled to jump in too.
Take a…

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Dec 5 2008

Song of Hope

He is the most remarkable storyteller there is. More than that, the brilliant author. He speaks and there is light. From His voice comes life.
His workmanship becomes ingrained within our being. He weaves stories into our lives. Stories of triumph, of sorrow, of sheer joy. Stories of hope.
Reading your stories of hope…

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Right before Thanksgiving, I was rootin’ around in our digital asset management library and saw some child photos I absolutely had to share. Photos of children reading letters from their sponsors.

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This is David. He was the first registered child in Togo.

And this is his sister, Gracia. She was the second child registered by Compassion Togo.

They don’t have sponsors yet. And neither do these Togolese children.
If you:

sponsor a child from Togo between now and December 31
AND you sign up for automatic credit card payments
we’ll send* you…

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Hello Compassion Blog readers.
Sorry I haven’t contributed much lately. I’m still here and still handling crisis communications, in case you were wondering. There is something that has been on my mind that I feel compelled to share with you.
I’m gonna step outside my comfort zone for a minute to share this with you. I have…

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KE Children

One of the huge challenges facing people living with HIV around the world is not only the physical illness, but the overwhelming stigmatization and discrimination that exists in many countries.

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Dec 1 2008

November Hall of Fame

In November, these blogs referred the most traffic to our humble site. Check ‘em out!
Thank you for your referrals ladies . . . and gentleman.

all in His design – 77 visits
the Daily Durias – 71 visits
Clever Phrase Here – 65 visits
girls just want to have fun – 50 visits

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Poverty is multi-faceted. It is much more intricate than just a lack of money.
And like many other aspects of poverty, HIV and AIDS have the ability to take a frightening toll on children.
Today is World AIDS Day, and I’m taking it as an opportunity to let you know how committed we are to…

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