It’s said that Ernest Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words.
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
And called it his best work.
In the spirit of Hemingway’s brevity, and maybe with little help from the Holy Spirit, can you sum up your sponsorship experience in six words?
Here’s what we came up with.
Thought I gave. But I received. – Tim Glenn
Now poverty isn’t just a word. – Becky Tschamler
Random pick doesn’t seem random anymore. – Chris Giovagnoni
Black smiling eyes. World beyond myself. – Amber Van Schooneveld
They focus up. I’m distracted down. – Meredith Dunn
My child shows me Him. – Brianne Mullins
Abundant life for kids in poverty. – David Dahlin
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Two lives met and forever changed.
Let Life CHANGE through your GIVING
-Aron Natividad
Great Impact starts in Obeying God
Jesus’ love for children through you!
…. but for the grace of God…..
Never had children, now have NINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
give as we have been given
In her eyes, I remember Him
Helping to change a life forever
As a result of sponsorship with Compassion…
…life will never be the same.
Teaching me true gratitude and joy.
Compassion provided me with two angels.
Now he calls me big sister.
[quote comment=”43801″]I was hungry, you fed Me[/quote]
I was hungry, you fed me
I gave; I fell in love.
There’s MORE TO LIFE than US!
To think they pray for me!
I now am the blessed one.
What love and joy I found
Precious daughter of God He loves.
Grandson died. Hope lives through Jordan.
Does more than I imagined
He gave all!….Therefore, I give!
Dear Lord, thank you for Brenda!
I came. I saw. I gave.
Worth so much more than before…
Thank You, Lord, for the privilege.
Can’t afford it..;.Don’t even miss it!
Each child needs love and encouragement.
My child told me in a letter that he prayed to receive wisdom, Solomon asked God for wisdom. This really Blessed me. You can read the Lord’s response in 2nd Chronicles 1:11 & 12 As HE was pleased and blessed Solomon abundantly.
paying forward the Glory of God
My six words: Joy being part of Oscar’s life
THEIR LETTERS WARM MY HEART DAILY!
MILES AWAY, BUT BONDED BY LOVE!
Blessed to be a blessing. Amen!
I pray more because of her.
When we give, we receive more.
God’s love saved us both
The Great Commission, why not me?
Abundant blessings beyond description!
God’s wealth re-distribution? Loving our neighbor.
I will never be the same!
Joy in watching my child grow
God truly blesses those who give.
Compassion, love, prayer, letters, money, life.
God making a difference through me!
Loving the children in Jesus’ name.
Each child reserved for Jesus’ lap.
Thank you Father, for Y(our) child
One person can make a difference.
Thanks God for loving threw us!!!
With great Love there is hope.
Jesus loves the children of the world.
I appreciate the opportunity to give.
Helping a child’s family advance: priceless.
Me: Seventeen. Her: Six. God matched
Help a child. Show God’s love.
Sponsor a child. Let him/her smile.
We sponsor, we pray; HE gives.
Blessed are the children and sponsors!
your heart living in another country!
love, giving,teaching,praying= eternal rewards!
GIVE, you can NOT outgive GOD!!!
Doing for children= doing for Christ
I can’t wait to sponsor more!
Rwanda now has my heart, forever.
My heart filled with His joy!
I receive much more than give.
Children get opportunities, God gets glory.
little faces little feet huge hearts
It’s not about me any more!
Winston-Salem, NC
That is so true!!
So many tears ; so much laughter !
Loving kids who need it most.
Within given Love, lives eternal Hope!
Just paying God’s undeserved grace forward.
Hope in the hearts of children.
Divinely appointed meeting of two people.
A child gives what they receive
Hez & I found we couldn’t have kids, which is a difficult thing.
Following on from the six word theme…
These kids have changed our world!
my wife & i have been married for over 20 yrs. we were not able to have children due to financal, physical & other problems. then regina come into our lives on a compassion sunday. we were able to have the daugter we always wanted. GOD set the plan into motion, we just have to obey HIM. HE sets our hearts on the things that HE knows will bless us. i praise the LORD every time we get a letter.
GOD provied a “daughter” for us!
Compelled by need, sustained by love.
Samantha is my Hatian born Hero
A privilege to walk together.
contributing with my grain of sand
Winston-Salem, NC
What a picture your words paint
Two lives made richer by Compassion.
Light shining brightly in darkest places.
His love. My giving. Her life.
[quote comment=”13234″]Jesus said, “Sponsor”. I said, “Okay.”[/quote]
if this was facebook i would be ticking “LIKE THIS” X
lightnes,edberto,innocent, my extended family
Christ love in children hearts shines!
Plant Love, Grow Children, Harvest Souls!
Childlike joy when reading my mail ♥
They’re the children I couldn’t have! 🙂
Heart changing, not just life changing.
Never knew it would make difference.
Being financially uncomfortable is worth it.
Child and sponsor loved and blessed.
“Christ unites every tribe and tongue”
(See Revelation 5:9)
Jerlyn, Fernanda, Erick: My little blessings!
Placed on my heart by God.
We get more than we give.
Precious angels God chose for me
I give and I am blessed.
HOW CAN I BE SO LUCKY!
Sponsors afar prove God’s love near
No sad eyes but rather smiles.
New to Compassion
Procrastination is sinful.
The Difference is Jesus
Sponsorship is tithing from my heart
I know Haiti too well now.
[from learning all the geography due to the earthquake]
Jesus said, “Sponsor”. I said, “Okay.”
One child + one sponsor = transformed lives!
Sharing the blessings God’s given me.
My love, stuffed into an envelope.
Give: A Future and a Hope!
together we’ll call his children home
Showing God’s grace through pen marks
I love you Daniel and David.
Thank you God for this opportunity.
Compassion connected me with true miracles.
I love Jona, June, and Bea.
God blesses me through you three.
My kids live in other countries.
She’s my daughter in another country.
Jesus loves all the little children.
God’s little children are so precious.
Writing Letters Shares Love of God
Her crayon pictures spell out “LOVE.”
The best investment is in children.
what can I do for them?
that is not given back tenfold
I am blessed in jesus name.
Investing in next generation of believers.
I can help this one.
We are a family of five!
I want to celebrate HIS life.
Less is really more with God.
Heart changing, for her AND me!
I can now make a difference 🙂
God’s plan; hope and a future.
Joy in Giving with God’s Love
The children BLESS ME every day.
They have nothing, they give all.
We have everything, we give little.
Give a little, receive a lot.
@Rachel – I did. They’re all great!
@Mike Stephens – You’re right… it’s about Jesus love, not you.
@Mike Stephens – You don’t what you’re missing! TOO BAD!!! Pray God will change your heart.
Children: God’s gift to us all.
Remarkable move of God in life!
My best birthday present?Sponsoring Eko!
Receiving more blessing than I give
The greatest investment I could make!
Humility-Grace-Love-
Forgiven-Blessed=Compassion
@Briana –
May i use that quote please? i will of course give you the credit.
Sharing God’s love with His children.
i just need one word, indescribable
God chose Osblan, I just obeyed!
God hearsprayers, because He loves.
God met my need in hers.
Life changing for Me & Diomer.
Full of joy, compassion and happiness.
The Best Choice I ever Made
Love bridges miles: Jesus in action.
God’s hands in a broken world.
I’ve heard someone say before- “If the Lord leads you to it, He’ll be faithful to lead you through it”. That’s totally right.
He told me at a Mercy Me concert to sponser. Mercy Me had people handing out packets. God led me to get a sponsered child, and so far He’s been faithful to lead my through it!
I just thought I might share that all with you.. When times get rough, I remember that saying..
Jesus cares for all the children.
Taken from that song you probably all know- Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world… Every month, at the beginning, it looks as if I won’t be able to pay the sponsership.. Every month right before I need to pay it, the Lord provides. He gives me the money to keep sponsering my little boy. Thank you Jesus!
Christ’s love shines; abundant blessings flow.
What if it were MY child…
Sharing love always wins over despair.
Give children their dreams, sponsor today!
Spreading the Love of Jesus Christ
Hope is rising out of poverty.
My overflow is somebody elses neccesity. That’s an awesome and responsibility statement!
Poverty has a face and soul.
Helping others with God’s amazing power.
Slowly realizing it’s not about me
A blessing to help beautiful children.
The love of a child – priceless.
I can’t claim credit for this one. It came from our Advocacy Conference this year.
“One child. One Sponsor. One God.”
Helping a child come to Him.
we are blessed to bless others!!
Each Child Is Unique to Christ!
He calls me “my beloved parent”
My privelege giving-their gratitude ABUNDANT
Not 6 words, but something I told my now husband when he mentioned how we could save money if I didn’t sponsor:
As long as our state of living exceeds theirs, we can afford to sponsor.
. . . just a nice reminder in these financially troubling times.
I responded to this post before however I decided to add a new response. It’s 5 words.
Danilo, Adaglilson, Anderson, Andre, Micael
My next response has 6 words:
God blessed me with 5 children.
God molds my heart through them.
Im blessed to be a blessing 🙂
She’s the sister I never had.
Sponsorship in six words:
New sponsor, heart full of love.
So many needs, God’s in control.
Showing God’s love to others everywhere.
Giving and receiving–blessings and love!
Prateeksha and Sindhu heal my heart
Actually, it ended up being more than three! 🙁
I just came up with these three–I thought that they were pretty good. 🙂 Do you like any of them?
Sponsoring is a chance of a lifetime!
To sponsor is a great priveledge.
Sponsor a child today; it’s wonderful!
Changing lives and sponsoring Kyakunzire Pamela is wonderful!
For only $32 a month, you can change lives!
Sponsorship equals a chance of a lifetime.
Sponsorship is a chance of a lifetime.
Encourage to excell, and be encouraged.
Encourage the child, and be encouraged.
Did any of you find these good?
I really like this one that Mike Stephens thought of–“If I chose not to sponsor”……that’s a great one!! 😀
@Caitlin –
Those first two are great! 😀
Like He loved me, I love His children.
Blessing and being blessed
Loving others like He would…
Pamela showed me that you can
break the chains of poverty.
Sponsoring Kyakunzire Pamela changed my life.
I want to love His children like He did me.
He loves me so very much!
He cares about the poor ones.
Jesus will never forsake the poor.
Tho’ we have everything, they give their all.
Most of these aren’t 6 words, but I thought that they were great anyway…..could you use any of them?
Blessing another and being blessed too.
Diego makes me love Jesus more.
Compassion: releasing Sponsors from poverty since 1952
Let’s make it a t-shirt!!! For the Bolder Boulder next year!!!!!!! Or for some cycling shorts!
@Danielle – Why limit yourself to just six words?! 😉
@Chris Giovagnoni – Helping Jesus does not go unnoticed 😉
Osmari, Joceling, Reneboy, Jay-poy, Angelo, Victor…Bushiri!!!!!!!
@christina – Brother to a few children-met 😉
@Karen Towns – Maybe a $300 famgift feels more 😉
If I chose not to sponsor…
You think you chose to sponsor?
-God
Trying to outgive God…not quite!
@Wendy W – Philippians 2:14 (Amplified Bible)
14Do all things without grumbling and faultfinding and complaining [[a]against God] and [b]questioning and doubting [among yourselves],
I LOVE this precious little girl.
One child’s photo is worth a thousand, thousand words.
Thanks to all the stewards of Compassion!!
They feel HIS love through me. 🙂
@Melissa Coast – Love this one!
My eyes are now open; to others
Amazing Grace, How sweet, the sound!
God’s love shines in their eyes.
God’s abounding grace in loving action..
love lived out…in Jesus’ name!
We think we have it bad?!!
I should thank them instead. Tears.
My child is my heroe
To God be the Glory. amen.
I love them as my own.
Without you, there is no family
I hope $32 feels like love
Filling the World with God’s Love
More love returned than I deserve.
For the love of it all
To God be the Glory
Philippians two fourteen: look it up
Stedfast Prayer, and believe for HOPE….
“It is a gift from God”.
Making a difference one by one.
Gilver is hope. Praveen is faith.
Sponsorship: God loves you through us.
LOVE it!
HOPE: He will open possibilities everywhere!
mother of many children never met
Blessed by God thru the children
the greatest of these is love
Both of my girls are young
so…
The best is yet to come.
Each morning the fumbling prayers of an 8-year old Bolivian orphan thunder through the length and breadth of Heaven on my account. A better investment that tech stocks in the 90’s.
Parvathi, Indri, Mamatha, Omary, Muluken, Sara
Sponsoring changes the way I live.
Changing his life changed my heart.
The value of sponsorship is priceless.
Joy and hope through written words.
mutual need between sponsor and child
The Lord has blessed us greatly!
ABUNDANT LOVE GIVEN, ABUNDANT LOVE RECIEVED
Seeing their faces changed my life.
Discovering God’s heart through a child.
Education which breaks the cycle of poverty.
Everyone else is really missing out.
Waiting eagerly by the mailbox daily!
Try it, love is very addictive.
@Kari Hardré – Couldn’t Have Said It Any Better!
I get the most amazing letters.
The daughter of my heart always.
Heart filled evangelism for Christ.
Sweet picture grabbed my heart. Sponsored.
I can’t choose JUST six words.
Taking a stand, transforming my heart.
The true calling of my life.
Fulfillment knowing it’s the right thing
Giving to Bless Blessed from them
So much love goes both ways
Changing their lives changes my life.
changed perspectives by opening my heart
Thank you Jesus – our only children
a humbling, heart-filling experience.
There are lots more summaries in Facebook.
Imani prays for ME, unexpected blessing
Loving a child in Jesus’ name.
We are blessed to be a blessing
An amazing love without any boundries
Given five talents, returning five more.
Lives changed. Both ours and theirs.
I’m glad my path crossed hers
Love worth dying and crying for.
Mwajuma, John, Agness, Erik, Mark, Bosco!!!
A new kind of love.
@Cathy Pearson –
Whoops–I should have typed “privilege” not priveledge.
Sponsorship is my honor and priveledge.
The best is yet to come.
How can I not sponsor?
I thanked God for the opportunity.
Chosen by God, sponsored by me. <
The POWER of prayer in action!!!
Joining them on the battlefield DAILY!!!
Their last hope to fulfill DREAMS!!!
My last hope to fulfill DREAMS!!!
Strength for today hope for tomorrow!!!
God’s love doesn’t cease, nor mine!!!
Visit, visit, visit!!!
So little = so much to them.
Blessed to be able to sponsor.
little pocket change = Big eternal change!
You are always showing me love
I always thought I knew love…
My blessings are not for me.
Seeing God’s love and miracles working.
Her smile captivates my heart forever.
God chose me to choose her.
Serving Church, to be The Church.
My students and I were impacted by Compassion at Student Life last weekend in Houston. On the way home (to Louisiana) everyone was asking if we could sponsor one or two or a few children as a youth group! We’re picking kids this afternoon as a group and I can’t wait to share these words with them!
His POWER perfected in my weakness
A precious gift, temporal and eternal.
Changing the world for one child.
Jesus Loves Me, This I Know
Jesus loves the little children
He signs all letters, “Your Son.”
I have much; they have little!
For such a time as this?
Always give love to your children.
He receives, but I receive more.
He loved me. I love you.
I give, Jesus and Yanique recieve.
Little hearts full of more faith.
Glimpse of Heaven in hopeless world.
Building Heaven’s kingdom, one by one.
I am blessed for a reason
From jaredcwilson, via Twitter
@compassion “Sponsoring a child is sponsoring Jesus.” (HT: Matthew 25:40)
Live simply so they simply live.
I can’t take credit for this. I heard it from Richmond Wandera!
Jill, I LOVE yours.
Wow these are so great.
Change the world; For one person.
Pocket change. Piercing eyes. Our future.
Sarah C, I LOVE it. Very powerful.
Darwin, you grew. I grew too!
What if I never sponsered him?
Jill, I like that!
This is my email signature…I just realized it’s 7 words (plus a scripture reference) It’s not really a summary of my experience, but it’s my way of hopefully getting some to think.
Don’t be a goat. Sponsor a child.
Matt 25:31-46
“You did it unto me”~Jesus
A small sacrifice with huge benefit
Christmas donation, hen and shoes: JOY!
I can’t afford NOT to sponsor
Hope alive, in you and me
In you I see God’s grace
Christ’s light in the darkest places….
Child sponsorship: links to God’s heart.
I found joy found through giving.
I found Jesus, he’s with them.
Enrich the kingdom through a child.