Comments on: A Field Perspective on Sponsor Tours

By: Dwight

Dwight — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:33:20 +0000

If anyone reads this who works at a compassion project or a country office around the world could you answer a question I have?
I am planning on taking a missions trip to the Philippines and thought I might visit my sponsored children. I have the option of visiting the project or having the children travel to the capital city. Traveling to the project will be a difficult trip but if the project staff and others at the church would like to meet a real life sponsor it might be worth the time. If not it would be less work for me to not travel in country but stay in the capital and have them visit. Has anyone visited a project during an individual trip…sponsor trips are different.
Thanks

By: Mike Stephens

Mike Stephens — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:53:41 +0000

It is amazing the far reaching impact sponsorship often has!!!!!!!

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:46:43 +0000

Sam,
I was just browsing Compassion’s website and I saw this blog and I came across your picture and thought you looked familiar. I had to look back through my pictures from my trip to Guatemala when I visited my sponsor child. I looked at the one picture of the translator with my sponsor child and her family and I looked at the name tag of my translator and it said Samuel. I can’t believe I never even asked you your name. I guess I was just so excited to meet my sponsor child. I want to thank you again for translating for my sponsor child and I on such a memorable day.
Thanks,
Rebekah

By: crystal

crystal — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:16:06 +0000

Thanks for sharing the perspective. I know on my trip to Ethiopia there was a problem with interpreters and the Compassion staff dropped everything to come interpret for our day with the children. I believe they usually hire that task out. Several people commented that we hope it becomes a regular practice. You could tell it really blessed the staff members to see us interact with the children. Seeing how much the staff appreciates the sponsors and want our input and fellowship was just one more blessing I did not expect. I felt so close to each person I meet and felt so honored to be someone who could help encourage the true heroes in this ministry. I am sure, as a sponsor, I have the easy part. My interpreter and I discussed how he does what I can not do and I do what he can not. I told him I believe that is all part of God’s plan and how he keeps his family strong, by keeping us dependent on each other. Please remember to pray for the Compassion staff.

By: Steve K.

Steve K. — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:47:59 +0000

Ken ~ The video was too funny not to pass up, very clever … kids today probably don’t even know the original … good thing!

Regarding waiting for my first letter, my family first sponsored a boy in May, but two months later he dropped out of the problem because he “no longer needed services.” I never even heard if he got the letters/pictures or not. We now have another boy, and still waiting … patience is a good skill to practice anytime!

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:05:29 +0000

I would really love to go on a sponser tour one day also! I think I sponser a child in one of the most expensive places to go on a tour to-Ethiopia. I wasn’t even thinking of sponser tours when I decided to sponser the little girl; She was one of the poorest children I saw on the website and also a complete angel..:)

By: Ken M.

Ken M. — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:15:53 +0000

Steve,
When you get your 1st letter it is really exciting. Actually I get excited when I receive any letter from my sponsored children. Sometimes I’ll call a friend and read it to them or show the letters to people at my church. I’m looking forward to visiting my children, too. I hope within the next year or two.
I liked the video on your blogsite, Baby Got Book. Funny and brings back memories of the late eighties/early nineties along with the seriousness of learning from the Bible.

By: Steve K.

Steve K. — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:55:22 +0000

Awesome! I can’t wait just to get the first letter from my sponsored child, so it will be a little more real for my own kids. To travel to Peru then, would simply be amazing.

By: Lisa Miles

Lisa Miles — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:52:10 +0000

As someone from the United States, I really like what Samuel Llanes said about sponsor trips changing people’s view of U.S. citizens. This benefit of sponsor tours had had never occured to me before.

So many people around the world, who have never traveled to the U.S., know us only through our movies, our TV shows, and our celebrities in magazines. I don’t think these mediums are a great representation of the average American, or a typical Christian.

So, (yay!), yet another reason to consider a sponsor tour.

Also, I loved the interviews w/Juli and Compassion Dave. Excellent!

By: Juli Jarvis

Juli Jarvis — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:18:23 +0000

P.S. Some of the advocates are being interviewed — such as Compassion Dave at: http://compassionjuli.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/compassion-sunday-advocates-network/
and more recently at:
http://zachyounkin.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/compassion-dave/.

Also, I was interviewed at this site earlier and I believe Jane Gillis’ ["Called and Chosen"] interview is coming up soon! So watch for it!