The main reason for sharing this story is to give God the glory for what He has done! He used the sponsors to support the Ministry of Compassion.

One gets the feeling that you are passionate about meeting the needs of the poor in your community. I commend you for that!

A vision is born in the heart of a person who is frustrated or even angered by the way things are in light of the way they ought to be!

There is no doubt that you are frustrated by the situation in your community (that makes you a candidate for a vision) and maybe it is just a matter of time before you respond to the needs.

I will be more than happy to use my professional background in Community Development (if invited) to help you respond to the needs and transform your community.

Looking forward to hear from you on how you are responding to the needs in your community.

God bless!
Paul Omondi
Graduate- Compassion’s Leadership Development Program, Kenya

The story was written by a former Compassion sponsored child and Leadership Development Program graduate, who as most college educated people writes in a sophisticated manner. If you click his name, you will find all of the blogs he has written. Perhaps the top of each column he wrote should state that to avoid confusion.

God loves all people equally and I strongly believe that children who need assistance internationally should not have their needs put behind those who need help domestically in the US (and other partner countries). The US has many programs, such as welfare, unemployment, WIC, food stamps and Medicaid (which I know quite a few people who use it) that do not exist in most (perhaps all) of the countries Compassion serves. Food pantries and other non-governmental organizations, which are an additional safety net here, frequently do not exist in the same form (if any form) in other countries as they do here in the US. In the US, education is free of charge to students whereas in many countries Compassion serves children need to pay money to attend school and the parents simply do not have the money to educate their children, thus continuing the vicious cycle of poverty. No, the US system is not perfect, we all know some children have parents who cannot navigate the system or have parents who simply don’t care, which is why US children AND international children both need assistance of varying forms. However, there are other national organizations working to assist US children.

American children do not always have all of their wants met, but overall, through many government sponsored programs, such as free school lunches (and breakfasts), low income housing, Medicaid and public schools, the typical American has a safety net for when parents do not have a job or are underemployed. In many foreign countries these numerous government run programs only exist in modified forms through the church.

(P.S. Be careful about offering to allow people to “gag” you with a “pitchfork”…it sounds quite a bit more painful than simply having to read a mushy story.)

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