If I had one million dollars to use in the fight against poverty, I’d . . .

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Do you love your sponsored child? Really love your child?

We already know I’m an emotionally disconnected person, so help me out here.

Explain to me how you know that what you feel for your sponsored child is actually love.

Come on y’all. I want to know what love is. Sing it.

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My sponsored child has changed my life . . .

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I stumbled across this post this morning, thanks to Google. More than the honesty the author writes with, I am impressed with the sincere desire that I perceive in his words - the desire to do good for the right reasons.

I strongly encourage you to read one man’s experience with us, even though his experience isn’t rah-rah.

I’m posting this because I am committed to creating a forum for authenticity and honest discussion

I’m also posting this because we, as an organization, have made these commitments.

Read Losing Compassion for Compassion International at the Protestant Blog Ethic.

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The best thing my sponsored child shared with me . . .

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The light of Christ I see in my sponsored child is . . .

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Another Saturday, another thought half finished.

Holistic child development means . . .

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We heard what you think about visiting your sponsored children. And some of you shared some great experiences with us too, which got us wanting more.

Want! Want! Want! That’s us.

So, if you didn’t comment, haven’t ever commented or still have more to say, finish this sentence:

On my sponsor tour . . .

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There aren’t any half ton puns today, but there is some cheap rhymin’ goin’ on.

‘Scuse us as we put on our business faces.

Alright. Finish this half for us.

I share love with my sponsored child by . . .

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Sponsor tours usually cost from $2,000 to $4,000, plus airfare to the departure city.

• Is that the best use of your money?
• What is the benefit to your child — to children in poverty?
• Would it be better to use that money to:
• send a family gift
• sponsor another child
• donate to the Global Food Crisis fund?

When we published our first Ask the Field post, one of the questions we received was:

Is the benefit to the child and sponsor worth the cost of a visit to Uganda? I would love to visit my three sponsored girls, but I hesitate to spend a considerable amount of money for “my dream” when the money could be used to sponsor additional children or ministries. I think I would feel guilty. What are your thoughts? –Shelly Quigg

We thought it would be better to have a discussion on this, to hear more than one person’s opinion, rather than just include it as one question in an entire 10 questions post.

What’s your answer? How should Shelly spend her money?

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