Comments on: Day of the African Child

By: Barbara M.

Barbara M. — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:12:15 +0000

@Vicki Leavy - Vicki, I have just been to your blog and am enjoying is so much. I have three children in Ethiopia so I am very eager to read about your visit there. Rest up and then please share your trip with all of us. Thank you!

By: Vicki Leavy

Vicki Leavy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:22:28 +0000

Everyday should be a celebration for children. They are tomorrow’s church, parents and community leaders. Children in poverty, many of which are in Africa, are growing up in what we in the developed world would consider unimaginable hardships in horrific conditions. I’ve seen them. But, here’s the deal…in the midst of it all…they have joy smeared all over their faces. Kids are optimists by nature. They radiate love…the kind of love that Jesus wants us to have for one another. Gosh, we can learn a lot from children! I will blog more when I have rested from our travels to Ethiopia where we met three children and one LDP student we sponsor through Compassion International. As I crawl into my comfortable bed, home at last after six weeks of travel, I will pray for my beautiful little Belaynesh, as I know she is sleeping on the dirt floor in her family’s tiny mud shanty, and she is immensely grateful for the shelter from rain and heat. The family constructed the small home as the result of a simple family gift we gave many months ago. I will tell this and other stories very soon.

By: Stephanie G

Stephanie G — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:42:06 +0000

All of my children are in Africa and I can hardly wait to travel to Tanzania next year and meet several of them . It is my privilege to pray for them all and the many more all across Africa awaiting sponsors.

By: Godfrey

Godfrey — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:18:55 +0000

It’s a honor for the whole world to recognise the African child especially the hard ship they go through before clicking the adulthood. May our good God keep the African child strong and with zeal in His word; and in behalf of my fellow African kids, we wanna say THANKS to the friends of Compassion International. Blessings

By: Amy Wallace

Amy Wallace — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:59:06 +0000

I’ve never heard of this day before. I can’t even fathom what these children have to experience every day – I know I would break in a secon if I had to live the same life they are.