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My sponsored child has changed my life . . .
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September 13th, 2008 at 8:28 am
I’m losing (little by little) my greed, materialism and selfishness, thanks to God.
September 13th, 2008 at 9:11 am
…by enlarging my world view, my heart, and my vision.
“World evangelism” always evoked a defensive reaction inside of me, and it wasn’t a pleasant one. Feelings of guilt, defensiveness and disinterest comprised the whole, because I felt as if I *should* “do something,” but I wasn’t going abroad as a missionary, and besides–who could get excited about evangelizing nameless, faceless people?
Now, they have names and faces, and they know more about love, joy, peace and humility than I do. My world was turned right side out, when I began sponsoring.
September 13th, 2008 at 9:29 am
because they have taught me that my life is not meant to be lived for myself, but to give of myself to others for God.
They have become the root of all that we, as a family, strive to do. They have been the reason behind our desire to get more involved with Compassion, to recycle, and to adopt a child from Ethiopia, and to be more compassionate to any need that one might have who wanders our way.
September 13th, 2008 at 9:44 am
By making me aware of the very heart of God. I feel as if I understand what it means to follow Jesus because of my experience and the knowledge made available with Compassion.
My sponsored children give the statistics faces. Not only do I know that 1 million people die each year of malaria, I “KNOW” one of those million that died this year. I sponsored him for 8 years. I feel like I’ve been given a better grasp on reality because of Compassion and my sponsored children.
September 13th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
…because she’s helped me re-think the power of Christ.
September 13th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
By making me more faithful to pray and by making me far more aware of how I use the resources God has entrusted to me.
September 13th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
…by reminding me of the simple joys in life and praising God for everything!
September 13th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
by making me more aware of what is going on in other parts of the world.
September 13th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
..by showing me that I can make a difference in the life of a child.
..by reminding me what life is really about, and helping me to apprecicate what God has given me.
..by making me more sensitive to what’s going on in the world.
September 14th, 2008 at 1:03 am
I remember the first child that I sponsored. I saw the Compassion table and there was Erika Judith from Ecuador on the table. I wanted to sponsor a child and I picked her. I remember driving home. I put the child packet next to me on the seat. It felt like driving very carefully, because she was sitting right next to me there. She was so special. She was the child that I picked and I was so excited to have sponsored her. I’ll never forget that evening. It changed my life.
Then Erika got saved and a few months later, I heard the sad news that she was taken out of the project the project by her parents. I was actually about to visit her, when I found this out. That’s when I sponsored Dulce, my first child from Bolivia and the rest is history. (Actually what came before is also history!)
I still pray for Erika every day. I don’t know where she is or anything. I’m glad that she got saved. I will see her again some day in heaven and God will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
I thank God for Erika. She has changed my life.
Kees
September 14th, 2008 at 5:44 am
…in ways I never thought possible. I am now more aware of the problems that *other* people face, rather than just my own: mine aren’t really problems at all…forgetting an item on my grocery list (I should be thankful I can just “run out” to get food)…not wanting to clean the bathrooms (I should be thankful for indoor plumbing)…the list could go on and on…
September 14th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
I realy changed after sponsoring my 3 kids one from Colombia one from Honduras and one from Guatemala .
I think twice when I go to the grocery I do not waste food anymore .
I am teaching my kids now about these things and let them think a litle more when ever they want something , I do remember them about these kids .’
But most of all I am grate full to GOD that I came to know about compassion about sponsoring children in Jesus name .
September 16th, 2008 at 11:51 am
…by making me conscious of problems across the world and how the affect people throughout the world
September 17th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
By showing us true faith, love and gratitude. We praise God for Ana, as we’re reminded daily of how much we take for granted while she excitedly thanks us for what we feel like isn’t enough that we give her. She shows her love and gratitude for what we can do for her. That love and gratitude is enough to make us cry.