Comments on: Bloom Where You Are Planted

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:52:20 +0000

Velta, I’m going to keep my eye out for that one. In the meantime, I did find this.

Master Gardener, help me be
Content with where You’ve planted me;
You carefully place each seed you sow,
And choose the soil to make it grow,
A shady nook or sunlit plot,
A wooded glen or garden spot;
And when you send the storm and shower,
You give me strength and inner power;
All things come that You might be
Glorified, my God, in me;
And so I’ll lift my flowers high,
To cheer and bless each passerby;
And may they see within my face
The beauty of Your love and grace;
So help me, Lord, to ever be
Blooming where You planted me.

—Wm. Claire Greiner

By: velta nicholas

velta nicholas — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:02:48 +0000

I was given a poem some 20 years ago, entitled ‘blossom where you are planted” It began , God is the gardener, we his seeds. I have spent many years searching, but cannot find. Should anyone have, please share it with me.

By: Stephanie Green

Stephanie Green — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:05:26 +0000

Thank you, Lisa, and all who responded for these wonderful ideas! I’ve been a sponsor for a few years and can’t say enough about Compassion, all they do and how my involvement with them has already changed my (and my family’s) life! I’ve been strongly considering applying to join the advocates network and these ideas are SO helpful!!!

Britt -where can I find the yard sign? Love that idea!

By: Bob and Betty Hawkins

Bob and Betty Hawkins — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:10:05 +0000

Lisa
I enjoyed reading your post. You reflect the true spirit of Charity towards needy children around the world. We congratulate the efforts of your organization and yourself to spread the love of our Savior and make the world a better place. Although we don’t belong to your organization, we share a common goal. We are child sponsors through the Trivani Foundation and have likewise found this experience expremely rewarding. The goal of the Trivani Foundation is to see that every child in the world is fed by 2015. If anyone is interested in effective fund raising for child sponsorship. We have some ideas. Please contact us directly (we are under Robert Hawkins on Facebook) as that aspect doesn’t seem to be in keeping with the ground rules of this blog. May the Lord bless all of you as you reach out to the little ones.

By: Amy Wallace

Amy Wallace — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:09:07 +0000

I take my child packs with me almost EVERY WHERE, show my friends and family my child letters, I recently did an interview about my trip with Compassion Canada to Colombia for a newspaper, I do presentations at my church, and I really promote Compassion on my Facebook page.

By: Lisa Miles

Lisa Miles — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:13:56 +0000

Brittany, I just e-mailed you back!

I LOVE everyone’s ideas, keep them coming!

One thing we do is to include in our Christmas letter a photo of our sponsored kids and a short mention of how they’re doing, (basically just, “Our Compassion International child, Israel, is now in 2nd grade and doing well. We continue to be blessed by child sponsorship.”)

I’ve had people off our Christmas card list contact us about how to sponsor through Compassion.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:56:03 +0000

I am new to sponsoring, but I think that means my enthusiasm is fresh and engergized about it!

I have told friends and family how rewarding it is, trying to encourage to take this step as well. I share the Compassion magazine with some ladies here at work, giving them vital examples of what Compassion does and the impact they can share in. I also have links to Compassion on my Facebook page.

Every little bit helps, and it’s another way of demonstrating Jesus love in action to all my non-believing friends.

By: Britt

Britt — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:16:12 +0000

LISA! HA! I just sent you an email about this the other day! Funny how God works

I’m a “newbie” advocate and keep brochures handy in my purse and car (which has the Compassion sticker on it’s bumper)…and the Compassion sign is displayed in my front lawn. Most importantly, I have my children’s photos proudly framed around my house. There has been more than one occasion where a visitor has asked, “So who is that?”

Great post Lisa

By: Sara Benson

Sara Benson — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:47:32 +0000

I am not an official advocate but I have made it my goal to reach more children by sharing Compassion’s work with others. Here are some of the things I have found that work
Facebook: I often find children on the website that I wish I could sponsor. One day I found a little boy who captured my heart, but I knew that I could not sponsor him. What I did was use my facebook status to tell my friends about him and I gave them the link to see his profile. One of my friends ended up sponsoring him! She said that she had always wanted to sponsor a child but had just never done it.
Another way that I have shared Compassion is just telling people about my kids and sharing my enthusiasm for my children like others do for their biological kids. I have a coworker who is going to sponsor a child because of our conversations. She had seen all the commercials for child sponsorship organizations but had not known who she could trust.

By: Jill Foley

Jill Foley — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:01:30 +0000

I’ve been a sponsor for 16 years and an advocate for 14 years. Being an advocate used to just be a nice thing I did when I got around to it…now it’s one of the titles I proudly wear…Christian, wife, mother, violinist and child advocate! When people meet me and ask what I do, it comes up.

I write about Compassion on my blog, I talk to others about my sponsored children, I approach churches and small groups to give presentations, I put up displays and leave brochures, I wear Compassion t-shirts, I use my Compassion bookmarks with photos of my kids.

I hope that when people see me coming they know that Compassion will come up in our conversation!