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I am overwhelmed with gratitude as I write this. Today, as we do every day, we have the privilege of acting as a bridge between caring sponsors and children in need.

However, this particular day we have a sponsorship that is very special in that it represents a milestone for our ministry. Compassion is currently serving 1 million sponsored children! One million!!

I wish we could all be together today to celebrate this joyous moment. What a day it is!

Thank you sponsors! Thank you for your love of children. Thank you for your faithfulness to God’s call on your lives.

I love you, and I love serving the Lord with you through this amazing ministry!

Updated at 4:30 p.m. MDT

“Look at the nations and watch – and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.” – Habakkuk 1:5 (NIV)

Tune into Fox and Friends tomorrow (May 21) at 6:50 a.m. EDT to “meet” our 1 millionth child and his sponsor.

The newly sponsored child lives with his father outside Togo’s capital city of Lomé. Togo, a country whose population is seriously affected by the devastation of AIDS, is the most recent country to join the growing list of nations where Compassion works.

The child’s sponsor is from South Korea, the country in which Compassion began its mission 57 years earlier. The sponsor is most recently noted for a gold medal she won at last year’s Beijing Olympics.

That earthquake milkshake must have really shook us up because we totally forgot to give a shout out to these blogs for sending us so many visitors in February.

So this month, we have a combined list. For February and March, these blogs booked the most blog tourists to our refreshing blog destination.

• Sheep Droppings – 304 visits
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun – 195 visits
• Jesus and Compassion – 187 visits
• the Daily Durias – 153 visits

Raise your hand if you love Coke or Pepsi. Jenny, a Coca-Cola/coffee/dark chocolate addict, is craving caffeine for Compassion. See what it’s all about.

If you have ever wondered what happens when God’s people pray hard and work hard, look no further than last Wednesday – Global Food Crisis Awareness Day.

Millions of dollars were raised to feed hungry children and their families around the world. In addition, thousands of children were sponsored! I know you played a part in the event’s success.

Thank you for your prayers.

Thank you for your contributions – whether they be measured by time or money.

Thank you for sharing in the ministry of Compassion.

To God be the glory!

Tweet the results of Global Food Crisis Day

At the age of 3, John had his first contact with music. It was at a Compassion child development center.

Everything in John’s life could be dissonant if a particular day in his past hadn’t happened. Now, like in a beautiful symphony, John is conducting his life in a new tone – the tone of leadership.

John was 12 when everything happened. It seemed to be the last straw when the director of his former child center called his name and said, “I want to see you in my office now.”

Frightened, John walked to the place so familiar to him because of his aggressiveness and disobedience. But this was a day he didn’t do anything wrong. Sso he thought, “It’s done. There is no way out.”

He was right. For sure there was not. (more…)

2009 is here, and we’re out of the gate like an earthquake milkshake. We know it doesn’t make sense, but it rhymes.

What we mean is that you made January our best month ever – more than 15,000 visitors and 20,000 visits.

And these were the blogs leading the charge with the most referred visits:

• Sheep Droppings – 197 visits
• These Words of Mine – 92 visits
• the Daily Durias – 79 visits
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun – 55 visits
• Jesus and Compassion – 51 visits

Thanks!