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Compassion Sunday — Click This « Sheep Droppings — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:48:02 +0000

[...] Rivers of Hope — The Haitian Hurricane Crisis [...]

By: Vicki Small

Vicki Small — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:13:59 +0000

Dionna, if your child in Haiti was directly affected by the flooding, Compassion will let you know. How much time that might take could depend on how soon the country office gets the information and is able to pass it along.

Meanwhile, all of them need our continued prayer support.

By: Juli Jarvis

Juli Jarvis — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:50:55 +0000

Dianna–It takes a while for Compassion to figure out these things. It’s been my experience that they notify me as soon as they know anything — also, sometimes they are able to list the affected projects on the website.

By: Dionna

Dionna — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:44:02 +0000

My sponsored child is in Haiti and I have heard no word on her. Am hoping she is okay and I don’t know if she was affected by the floods or not.

By: Juli Jarvis

Juli Jarvis — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:56:31 +0000

You all are such an inspiration to me! Thanks so much for your comments and similar posts!

By: Lisa Miles

Lisa Miles — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:34:43 +0000

Thanks so much to Stevi and everyone for your comments. I knew there would be people here who could speak to these issues firsthand.

Thanks for linking to Juli’s “Neighbors in Crisis” thread, too — Juli, you are amazing — what a great post on the issue!!! And, Vicki, I’m so glad that the work everyone is doing is inspiring others to get involved. I know that you work tirelessly on behalf of Compassion and children — I know that everyone here does — what a blessing that is!

I think of how many years these crises were just a headline in a newspaper for me — how I glossed over what was happening to so many people.

I’m glad that is no longer the case. It’s harder to know the details sometimes — but without that knowledge, I’m not sure how urgently I would feel the need to help. I thank God for waking me up to the world!

By: Vicki Small

Vicki Small — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:19:02 +0000

P.S. The links I provided to here and to Juli’s post prompted another blogger-friend and sponsor to do a post on her own blog about Compassion and child sponsorship. So the ripples go out….

By: Vicki Small

Vicki Small — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:17:27 +0000

Lisa, thanks so much for the research and effort that you put into this post, and all of them that you write. My most recent post on my own blog links my readers to this post and to Juli’s; great work, both of you!

By: compassion dave

compassion dave — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:36:48 +0000

Thanx Lisa.

Juli did pen an excellent thread that relates well to these words here:

http://compassionjuli.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/crisis-haiti-and-the-dominican-republic/

By: Brittany

Brittany — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:07:36 +0000

I used to live in Florida…the worst we had was a few days without power and water (but were able to stock up on water before the storm hit…). This is a great reminder that even when we think we have it “bad,” we really don’t.