Comments on: Looking Beyond the Horizon for New Hope

By: Mike Stephens

Mike Stephens — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:09:48 +0000

Just makes you want to go visit and provide a little help!!! I am so thankful we are not the only ones who see what is going on!!! God sees and considers and ACTS!!! I greatly appreciate the story. Many times when I look at my bananas they often will say Ecuador. Just from hearing other stories with Compassion I didn’t doubt that the money I was paying for bananas was funding companies who treated their workers terrible!!! I do not know how specific companies operate, but it is truly sad to see the results of some!!! I am so thankful Compassion works to provide help in some extremely difficult situations.

By: Lindy

Lindy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:46:44 +0000

Thanks for your helpful insights, Kees and Chris! I do understand. It’s just that in my heart I would really like to see these kids get the same help that their sponsored siblings are getting. It does make me more sensitive and aware concerning the needs of the siblings of our own sponsored children!

By: Suzanne Williams

Suzanne Williams — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:05:49 +0000

Thanks so much for writing this. We have been sponsoring Esleyder thru Compassion since he was 8, and had no real idea of what their lives were like. We have been hit with financial hard times ourselves, but it sure puts things in perspective to see how other’s lives are much more difficult. Thanks for taking the time to write and share this.

By: Chris Giovagnoni

Chris Giovagnoni — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:18:51 +0000

Lindy, You may be interested in this blog post and the comment I left.

By: Kees Boer

Kees Boer — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:43:17 +0000

Lindy,

I know how you feel. It’s a difficult situation. The problem is that there are more children wanting to be sponsored then there are sponsors or resources for the children. So, if a 1,000 children want to get sponsored and there are only places for 200 children then there has to be some limiting thing, that Compassion has to do. Thus there is the limit of 3 per family. When a child gets sponsored, the whole family benefits also. So, the family is better off already. It’s still tough. I’ve got the same problem myself when I go to the Compassion website. I’d like to sponsor all of the children, but I have to limit myself.

Kees

By: Lindy

Lindy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:00:56 +0000

This family’s plight is breaking my heart! Is there any way that more of their children could be sponsored?

By: Juli Jarvis

Juli Jarvis — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:54:24 +0000

This is a great story. Thanks so much for sharing about this family. It helps me to understand their needs and lifestyle.