Comments on: A Day in the Life of a Child Development Center Worker http://blog.compassion.com/selvie/ Releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:27:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Laura http://blog.compassion.com/selvie/comment-page-1/#comment-4855 Laura Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:59:02 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=641#comment-4855 Wow, God can use us in so many ways if we let him. She doesn't complain, like Jesus. I need to remember that when I want to complain. Go bless you and your blog. I feel more connected with Compassion. Laura Wow, God can use us in so many ways if we let him. She doesn’t complain, like Jesus. I need to remember that when I want to complain. Go bless you and your blog. I feel more connected with Compassion.
Laura

]]> By: Stacy Lagasse http://blog.compassion.com/selvie/comment-page-1/#comment-4757 Stacy Lagasse Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:34:51 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=641#comment-4757 I am interested in knowing what the center may need. I am also an early childhood educator and am beginning to feel the pull toward the child development centers run by Compassion. I am interested in knowing what the center may need. I am also an early childhood educator and am beginning to feel the pull toward the child development centers run by Compassion.

]]> By: Andrzej Gandecki http://blog.compassion.com/selvie/comment-page-1/#comment-3350 Andrzej Gandecki Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:28:18 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=641#comment-3350 Yes, I'm interested. Yes, I’m interested.

]]> By: Chris Giovagnoni http://blog.compassion.com/selvie/comment-page-1/#comment-3349 Chris Giovagnoni Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:23:06 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=641#comment-3349 Hello everyone. Are you interested in having Oktovina check with the child development center to see what its needs are and how you could help? Hello everyone.

Are you interested in having Oktovina check with the child development center to see what its needs are and how you could help?

]]> By: Andrzej Gandecki http://blog.compassion.com/selvie/comment-page-1/#comment-3239 Andrzej Gandecki Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:56:10 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=641#comment-3239 I see Selvie is moving around a lot. Does the Elohim Project have a transport vehicle or at least a bike? If not, maybe we could buy one for them? I see Selvie is moving around a lot. Does the Elohim Project have a transport vehicle or at least a bike?

If not, maybe we could buy one for them?

]]> By: Kees Boer http://blog.compassion.com/selvie/comment-page-1/#comment-3228 Kees Boer Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:58:54 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=641#comment-3228 Hi, Vicki, I actually interviewed Michelle Tolentino right before I went to Bolivia. I should have her story up pretty soon. It was one of the most amazing interviews, I've ever done. She was so kind and she absolutlely loves her sponsor. Kees Hi, Vicki,

I actually interviewed Michelle Tolentino right before I went to Bolivia. I should have her story up pretty soon. It was one of the most amazing interviews, I’ve ever done. She was so kind and she absolutlely loves her sponsor.

Kees

]]> By: Tom Easterday http://blog.compassion.com/selvie/comment-page-1/#comment-3226 Tom Easterday Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:16:11 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=641#comment-3226 Here is another eye opening and humbling realization that I need to have a better realization of... I make a monthly payment in support of a project and my sponsored child. Workers like Selve give so, so much more. Here is another eye opening and humbling realization that I need to have a better realization of… I make a monthly payment in support of a project and my sponsored child. Workers like Selve give so, so much more.

]]> By: Vicki Small http://blog.compassion.com/selvie/comment-page-1/#comment-3224 Vicki Small Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:25:07 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=641#comment-3224 That's a good video choice, Kees. I am not certain how the cultures in which we work define "success," but I'm *quite* certain they do not share the typical U.S. definition. Jamie, Wess Stafford has often said, "The opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is *enough*." I wish you could have read some of the e-mails I saw from Mark Gehri, at Compassion, when he and his wife were hosting an LDP student from the Philippines. She was so amazed and thrilled when she was introduced to the washing machine! She is now studying at Moody Bible Institute, I believe, but even with a university degree and an advanced degree (once she finishes at Moody), if she returns to the Philippines, she will not be likely to have a washing machine. But she will have "enough." You can read about her at https://www.compassion.com/contribution/giving/leadershipdevelopment.htm. I didn't look closely, but I'm pretty sure you'll find a link to one of the videos of her telling her story; prepare to be moved! That’s a good video choice, Kees.

I am not certain how the cultures in which we work define “success,” but I’m *quite* certain they do not share the typical U.S. definition.

Jamie, Wess Stafford has often said, “The opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is *enough*.” I wish you could have read some of the e-mails I saw from Mark Gehri, at Compassion, when he and his wife were hosting an LDP student from the Philippines. She was so amazed and thrilled when she was introduced to the washing machine! She is now studying at Moody Bible Institute, I believe, but even with a university degree and an advanced degree (once she finishes at Moody), if she returns to the Philippines, she will not be likely to have a washing machine. But she will have “enough.” You can read about her at https://www.compassion.com/contribution/giving/leadershipdevelopment.htm. I didn’t look closely, but I’m pretty sure you’ll find a link to one of the videos of her telling her story; prepare to be moved!

]]> By: Kees Boer http://blog.compassion.com/selvie/comment-page-1/#comment-3222 Kees Boer Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:05:31 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=641#comment-3222 Hi, Jamie, This is a great question. One video that would really answer a lot of the question is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGV9S-QMms It's about 9 minutes long, but it is one of the best videos that I've seen about Compassion that really shares a lot of the things that Compassion does. Being from another country myself, I would think that every country has its own schooling system. For instance in Holland, a University would be equivalent to Graduate work here in the USA. My understanding is that the children that graduate from the Compassion project will have a marketable skill, which will provide for them to be able to have enough. Some of the students that demonstrate particular leadership will be also going into the Leadership Development Program. But the video shows a lot of that. Kees Hi, Jamie,

This is a great question. One video that would really answer a lot of the question is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGV9S-QMms

It’s about 9 minutes long, but it is one of the best videos that I’ve seen about Compassion that really shares a lot of the things that Compassion does.

Being from another country myself, I would think that every country has its own schooling system. For instance in Holland, a University would be equivalent to Graduate work here in the USA.

My understanding is that the children that graduate from the Compassion project will have a marketable skill, which will provide for them to be able to have enough. Some of the students that demonstrate particular leadership will be also going into the Leadership Development Program. But the video shows a lot of that.

Kees

]]> By: Jamie http://blog.compassion.com/selvie/comment-page-1/#comment-3220 Jamie Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:18:45 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=641#comment-3220 With a son who just started Kindergarten, I am curious about what the expectations are for 4 and 5 year olds in terms of education in another country. Are the standards similar to the U.S.? When it comes to education, what do most people Indonesia, for example, aspire to? College? Job training? I am very curious about the end result, because in the U.S. we are often prepping kids for college with the idea that it will make them "successful." Is that so in other countries? Other than getting to know God, what is the most important knowledge/skill a child will learn through a Compassion program? With a son who just started Kindergarten, I am curious about what the expectations are for 4 and 5 year olds in terms of education in another country. Are the standards similar to the U.S.? When it comes to education, what do most people Indonesia, for example, aspire to? College? Job training? I am very curious about the end result, because in the U.S. we are often prepping kids for college with the idea that it will make them “successful.” Is that so in other countries?
Other than getting to know God, what is the most important knowledge/skill a child will learn through a Compassion program?

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