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 Tshamler
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
Enrich the kingdom through a child.
I found Jesus, he’s with them.
I found joy found through giving.
Child sponsorship: links to God’s heart.
Christ’s light in the darkest places….
In you I see God’s grace
Hope alive, in you and me
I can’t afford NOT to sponsor
Christmas donation, hen and shoes: JOY!
A small sacrifice with huge benefit
“You did it unto me”~Jesus
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
Jill, I like that!
What if I never sponsered him?
Darwin, you grew. I grew too!
Sarah C, I LOVE it. Very powerful.
Pocket change. Piercing eyes. Our future.
Wow these are so great.
Change the world; For one person.
Jill, I LOVE yours.
Live simply so they simply live.
I can’t take credit for this. I heard it from Richmond Wandera!
From jaredcwilson, via Twitter
@compassion “Sponsoring a child is sponsoring Jesus.” (HT: Matthew 25:40)
I am blessed for a reason
Building Heaven’s kingdom, one by one.
Glimpse of Heaven in hopeless world.
Little hearts full of more faith.
I give, Jesus and Yanique recieve.
He loved me. I love you.
He receives, but I receive more.
Always give love to your children.
For such a time as this?
I have much; they have little!
He signs all letters, “Your Son.”
Jesus loves the little children
Jesus Loves Me, This I Know
Changing the world for one child.
A precious gift, temporal and eternal.
His POWER perfected in my weakness
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!
Serving Church, to be The Church.
God chose me to choose her.
Her smile captivates my heart forever.
Seeing God’s love and miracles working.
My blessings are not for me.
I always thought I knew love…
You are always showing me love
So little = so much to them.
Blessed to be able to sponsor.
little pocket change = Big eternal change!
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!!!
Chosen by God, sponsored by me. <
I thanked God for the opportunity.
How can I not sponsor?
The best is yet to come.
Sponsorship is my honor and priveledge.
@Cathy Pearson –
Whoops–I should have typed “privilege” not priveledge.
A new kind of love.
Mwajuma, John, Agness, Erik, Mark, Bosco!!!
Love worth dying and crying for.
I’m glad my path crossed hers
Lives changed. Both ours and theirs.
Given five talents, returning five more.
An amazing love without any boundries
We are blessed to be a blessing
Loving a child in Jesus’ name.
Imani prays for ME, unexpected blessing
There are lots more summaries in Facebook.
a humbling, heart-filling experience.
Thank you Jesus – our only children
changed perspectives by opening my heart
Changing their lives changes my life.
So much love goes both ways
Giving to Bless Blessed from them
Fulfillment knowing it’s the right thing
The true calling of my life.
Taking a stand, transforming my heart.
I can’t choose JUST six words.
Sweet picture grabbed my heart. Sponsored.
Heart filled evangelism for Christ.
The daughter of my heart always.
I get the most amazing letters.
@Kari Hardré – Couldn’t Have Said It Any Better!
Everyone else is really missing out.
Waiting eagerly by the mailbox daily!
Try it, love is very addictive.
Education which breaks the cycle of poverty.
Discovering God’s heart through a child.
Seeing their faces changed my life.
ABUNDANT LOVE GIVEN, ABUNDANT LOVE RECIEVED
The Lord has blessed us greatly!
mutual need between sponsor and child
Joy and hope through written words.
The value of sponsorship is priceless.
Sponsoring changes the way I live.
Changing his life changed my heart.
Parvathi, Indri, Mamatha, Omary, Muluken, Sara
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.
Both of my girls are young
so…
The best is yet to come.
the greatest of these is love
Blessed by God thru the children
mother of many children never met
HOPE: He will open possibilities everywhere!
LOVE it!
Sponsorship: God loves you through us.
Gilver is hope. Praveen is faith.
Making a difference one by one.
“It is a gift from God”.
Stedfast Prayer, and believe for HOPE….
For the love of it all
To God be the Glory
Philippians two fourteen: look it up
More love returned than I deserve.
Filling the World with God’s Love
I hope $32 feels like love
Without you, there is no family
I love them as my own.
To God be the Glory. amen.
My child is my heroe
I should thank them instead. Tears.
We think we have it bad?!!
love lived out…in Jesus’ name!
God’s abounding grace in loving action..
God’s love shines in their eyes.
Amazing Grace, How sweet, the sound!
My eyes are now open; to others
@Melissa Coast – Love this one!
They feel HIS love through me.
One child’s photo is worth a thousand, thousand words.
Thanks to all the stewards of Compassion!!
I LOVE this precious little girl.
@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],
Trying to outgive God…not quite!
You think you chose to sponsor?
-God
If I chose not to sponsor…
@Karen Towns – Maybe a $300 famgift feels more
@christina – Brother to a few children-met
Osmari, Joceling, Reneboy, Jay-poy, Angelo, Victor…Bushiri!!!!!!!
@Chris Giovagnoni – Helping Jesus does not go unnoticed
@Danielle – Why limit yourself to just six words?!
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!
Diego makes me love Jesus more.
Blessing another and being blessed too.
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?
@Caitlin –
Those first two are great!
I really like this one that Mike Stephens thought of–”If I chose not to sponsor”……that’s a great one!!
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?
Actually, it ended up being more than three!
Prateeksha and Sindhu heal my heart
Giving and receiving–blessings and love!
Showing God’s love to others everywhere.
Sponsorship in six words:
New sponsor, heart full of love.
So many needs, God’s in control.
She’s the sister I never had.
Im blessed to be a blessing
God molds my heart through them.
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.
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.
My privelege giving-their gratitude ABUNDANT
He calls me “my beloved parent”
Each Child Is Unique to Christ!
we are blessed to bless others!!
Helping a child come to Him.
I can’t claim credit for this one. It came from our Advocacy Conference this year.
“One child. One Sponsor. One God.”
The love of a child – priceless.
A blessing to help beautiful children.
Slowly realizing it’s not about me
Helping others with God’s amazing power.
Poverty has a face and soul.
My overflow is somebody elses neccesity. That’s an awesome and responsibility statement!
Hope is rising out of poverty.
Spreading the Love of Jesus Christ
Give children their dreams, sponsor today!
Sharing love always wins over despair.
What if it were MY child…
Christ’s love shines; abundant blessings flow.
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!
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..
God’s hands in a broken world.
Love bridges miles: Jesus in action.
The Best Choice I ever Made
Full of joy, compassion and happiness.
Life changing for Me & Diomer.
God met my need in hers.
God hearsprayers, because He loves.
God chose Osblan, I just obeyed!
i just need one word, indescribable
Sharing God’s love with His children.
@Briana –
May i use that quote please? i will of course give you the credit.
Humility-Grace-Love-
Forgiven-Blessed=Compassion
The greatest investment I could make!
My best birthday present?Sponsoring Eko!
Receiving more blessing than I give
Remarkable move of God in life!
Children: God’s gift to us all.
@Mike Stephens – You don’t what you’re missing! TOO BAD!!! Pray God will change your heart.
@Mike Stephens – You’re right… it’s about Jesus love, not you.
@Rachel – I did. They’re all great!
They have nothing, they give all.
We have everything, we give little.
Give a little, receive a lot.
The children BLESS ME every day.
Joy in Giving with God’s Love
God’s plan; hope and a future.
I can now make a difference
Heart changing, for her AND me!
Less is really more with God.
I want to celebrate HIS life.
We are a family of five!
I can help this one.
Investing in next generation of believers.
I am blessed in jesus name.
what can I do for them?
that is not given back tenfold
The best investment is in children.
Her crayon pictures spell out “LOVE.”
Writing Letters Shares Love of God
God’s little children are so precious.
Jesus loves all the little children.
She’s my daughter in another country.
My kids live in other countries.
I love Jona, June, and Bea.
God blesses me through you three.
Compassion connected me with true miracles.
Thank you God for this opportunity.
I love you Daniel and David.
Showing God’s grace through pen marks
together we’ll call his children home
Give: A Future and a Hope!
My love, stuffed into an envelope.
Sharing the blessings God’s given me.
One child + one sponsor = transformed lives!
Jesus said, “Sponsor”. I said, “Okay.”
I know Haiti too well now.
[from learning all the geography due to the earthquake]
Sponsorship is tithing from my heart
[...] Child sponsorship in six words. I saw this come across my twitter feed today: can you summarize what it means to sponsor a child in just six words? I tried, but haven’t come up with much. I wrote to our Compassion-sponsored child (in Nicaragua) and our World-Vision-sponored child (in Swaziland) yesterday. [...]
The Difference is Jesus
New to Compassion
Procrastination is sinful.
No sad eyes but rather smiles.
Sponsors afar prove God’s love near
HOW CAN I BE SO LUCKY!
I give and I am blessed.
Precious angels God chose for me
We get more than we give.
Placed on my heart by God.
Jerlyn, Fernanda, Erick: My little blessings!
“Christ unites every tribe and tongue”
(See Revelation 5:9)
Child and sponsor loved and blessed.
Sponsorship, $38. Transformed lives, priceless
Being financially uncomfortable is worth it.
Never knew it would make difference.
Heart changing, not just life changing.
They’re the children I couldn’t have!
Childlike joy when reading my mail ♥
Plant Love, Grow Children, Harvest Souls!
Christ love in children hearts shines!
lightnes,edberto,innocent, my extended family
love that!
if this was facebook i would be ticking “LIKE THIS” X
His love. My giving. Her life.
Light shining brightly in darkest places.
Two lives made richer by Compassion.
contributing with my grain of sand
Winston-Salem, NC
What a picture your words paint
A privilege to walk together.
Samantha is my Hatian born Hero
Compelled by need, sustained by love.
GOD provied a “daughter” for us!
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.
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!
A child gives what they receive
Divinely appointed meeting of two people.
Hope in the hearts of children.
Just paying God’s undeserved grace forward.
Within given Love, lives eternal Hope!
Loving kids who need it most.
So many tears ; so much laughter !
It’s not about me any more!
Winston-Salem, NC
That is so true!!
little faces little feet huge hearts
Children get opportunities, God gets glory.
I receive much more than give.
My heart filled with His joy!
Rwanda now has my heart, forever.
I can’t wait to sponsor more!
Doing for children= doing for Christ
GIVE, you can NOT outgive GOD!!!
love, giving,teaching,praying= eternal rewards!
your heart living in another country!
Blessed are the children and sponsors!
We sponsor, we pray; HE gives.
Sponsor a child. Let him/her smile.
Help a child. Show God’s love.
Me: Seventeen. Her: Six. God matched
Helping a child’s family advance: priceless.
I appreciate the opportunity to give.
Jesus loves the children of the world.
With great Love there is hope.
Thanks God for loving threw us!!!
One person can make a difference.
Thank you Father, for Y(our) child
Each child reserved for Jesus’ lap.
Loving the children in Jesus’ name.
God making a difference through me!
Compassion, love, prayer, letters, money, life.
God truly blesses those who give.
Joy in watching my child grow
I will never be the same!
God’s wealth re-distribution? Loving our neighbor.
Abundant blessings beyond description!
The Great Commission, why not me?
God’s love saved us both
When we give, we receive more.
I pray more because of her.
Blessed to be a blessing. Amen!
MILES AWAY, BUT BONDED BY LOVE!
THEIR LETTERS WARM MY HEART DAILY!
My six words: Joy being part of Oscar’s life
paying forward the Glory of God
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.
Give $38 dollars. Gain immeasurably more.
Each child needs love and encouragement.
Can’t afford it..;.Don’t even miss it!
Thank You, Lord, for the privilege.
Worth so much more than before…
I came. I saw. I gave.
Dear Lord, thank you for Brenda!
He gave all!….Therefore, I give!
Does more than I imagined
Grandson died. Hope lives through Jordan.
Precious daughter of God He loves.
What love and joy I found
I now am the blessed one.
To think they pray for me!
There’s MORE TO LIFE than US!
I gave; I fell in love.
I was hungry, you fed me
Now he calls me big sister.
Compassion provided me with two angels.
Teaching me true gratitude and joy.
As a result of sponsorship with Compassion…
…life will never be the same.
Helping to change a life forever
In her eyes, I remember Him
give as we have been given