Comments on: Geography Lesson

By: Mike Stephens

Mike Stephens — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:16:44 +0000

One other question Tim what is your current role at Compassion? Do you need any help

By: Mike Stephens

Mike Stephens — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:15:46 +0000

Tim sorry to clog your blog with all my comments but I just wanted to add this. It is ridiculous that there are 1.5 million deaths due to diarrhea each year!!! I know of a few organizations that work to prevent many things such as this, but it is amazing!!! I am so thankful Compassion exists to help me get mobilized to do something at least!!! I like how Kees mentioned on another post how the poorest person with Christ is richer than the richest person without Jesus. I am thankful Compassion does and seeks to do both!!!

By: Mike Stephens

Mike Stephens — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:07:09 +0000

Tim I would love to see your pictures and or videos from your upcoming trip. I will email you mine if you like. I plan to take a ton so I can remember and so I can show many others. Three huge reasons I am going on the trip is because God says “GO!!!” and I want to see the boys I sponsor and I want to see what it is like there even though I will not be visiting their places this time. Seeing your pictures would help give me a little more of an idea of some other places in the Philippines.

Here is my email

(michaelstephens56@yahoo.com)

By: Mike Stephens

Mike Stephens — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:03:07 +0000

Tim that’s GREAT!!! It sounds like you are not on the sponsor tour, but on an individual trip. Or will I be seeing you on the sponsor tour? Congratulations on getting to visit!!! This question was posed by me before and another gentleman. I figured you could shed some light on it better than me. Why is more work not incorporated into the Sponsor Tours? Or why is the trip not set up in such a way that we do more work to help?

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:56:54 +0000

That’s great Mike!
Hope you have a wonderful and blessed trip. The little girl I sponsor is in the Philippines. Looks like I might get to go back there this summer as well.

Can’t wait to see her again!

By: Mike Stephens

Mike Stephens — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:36:50 +0000

Tim thanks for sharing a little bit about your life!!! You make an excellent point that I would never be able to think of because I do not have any kids. But I am a sponsor and have some kids through Compassion. I like how you said “those who suffer from something as silly as geography.”

Tim I will take you up on your challenge and cross the lines of latitude and longitude!!! I will go to the Phillippines on the Compassion Sponsor Tour in June (I had already planned on going, but I like your exhortation!!!) It just helps reaffirm what already is in motion!!!

By: Tim Glenn

Tim Glenn — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:47:42 +0000

Absolutely. It’s so scary, as a parent, to see your child sick. I can’t imagine how horrifying it is to see your child sick AND not be able to do anything about it.

Thanks for reading…and for commenting Vicki.

By: Vicki Small

Vicki Small — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:35:51 +0000

I thought of the same thing, last night, when I read an e-mail from a friend whose youngest grandson is on antibiotics (by injection) for a recurring infection. The antibiotics have, of course, given him major diarrhea. I thought how blessed that little boy is to be here, where diarrhea can be combatted.