Comments on: The Lie of Poverty Is a Double-Edged Sword http://blog.compassion.com/the-lie-of-poverty-is-a-double-edged-sword/ Releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:31:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Catherine Hilger http://blog.compassion.com/the-lie-of-poverty-is-a-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-9924 Catherine Hilger Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:59:44 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=5787#comment-9924 Well said! Keep those letters coming for the kids! Well said! Keep those letters coming for the kids!

]]> By: crystlgib http://blog.compassion.com/the-lie-of-poverty-is-a-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-9855 crystlgib Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:10:56 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=5787#comment-9855 When I visited Ethiopia, one of my children arrived with all the letters and pictures I had sent him. We had Compassion country staff members offering assistance as translators. When our translator looked through them all he said, “I see you are a good sponsor by all these letters.” He didn’t say I was a good sponsor because I gave money, or because I traveled half way around the world. He based his assessment on my letters. The money we give may or may not be a little piece of us (depending on how much we value our offering) but our time and our words are. Money is spent and lost forever. But our words have the possibility to last a lifetime. When I visited Ethiopia, one of my children arrived with all the letters and pictures I had sent him. We had Compassion country staff members offering assistance as translators. When our translator looked through them all he said, “I see you are a good sponsor by all these letters.” He didn’t say I was a good sponsor because I gave money, or because I traveled half way around the world. He based his assessment on my letters. The money we give may or may not be a little piece of us (depending on how much we value our offering) but our time and our words are. Money is spent and lost forever. But our words have the possibility to last a lifetime.

]]> By: Carolyn F http://blog.compassion.com/the-lie-of-poverty-is-a-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-9840 Carolyn F Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:19:32 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=5787#comment-9840 Thank you so much for this timely post! Until yesterday I hadn't heard from any of my kids since January (and have only heard from the older one once), and I was listening to those lies... I can say four letters went in the mail this morning, and I have renewed my committment to at least twice a month letters. I'm hoping to get some good discussion going over at http://www.ourcompassion.org about how to write better letters, that's my next goal! Thank you so much for this timely post! Until yesterday I hadn’t heard from any of my kids since January (and have only heard from the older one once), and I was listening to those lies…

I can say four letters went in the mail this morning, and I have renewed my committment to at least twice a month letters. I’m hoping to get some good discussion going over at http://www.ourcompassion.org about how to write better letters, that’s my next goal!

]]> By: Dana http://blog.compassion.com/the-lie-of-poverty-is-a-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-9832 Dana Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:44:41 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=5787#comment-9832 I love writing to my children! Right form the beginning, I knew I wanted to build a relationship with my children. I still remember the excitement of that very first letter from my first child and how I read and re-read it. I love the online feature that allows me to e-mail a letter to my children but I also love writing them either on the computer or in my own printing, though I'm not a tidy printer. It's such a simple thing, really, and hard to believe that something so small can make such a difference. I love writing to my children! Right form the beginning, I knew I wanted to build a relationship with my children. I still remember the excitement of that very first letter from my first child and how I read and re-read it. I love the online feature that allows me to e-mail a letter to my children but I also love writing them either on the computer or in my own printing, though I’m not a tidy printer. It’s such a simple thing, really, and hard to believe that something so small can make such a difference.

]]> By: russ http://blog.compassion.com/the-lie-of-poverty-is-a-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-9820 russ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:19:59 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=5787#comment-9820 <a href='#comment-9812' rel="nofollow">@Diana Boeke</a> - Diana, I'm really encouraged by knowing your group works in Egypt! Blessings to you and your team. I'm glad we can all learn from each other for the good of God's Kingdom. @Diana Boeke – Diana, I’m really encouraged by knowing your group works in Egypt! Blessings to you and your team. I’m glad we can all learn from each other for the good of God’s Kingdom.

]]> By: Kate Amaya http://blog.compassion.com/the-lie-of-poverty-is-a-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-9818 Kate Amaya Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:24:58 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=5787#comment-9818 What a great post! It is so easy to wonder if our sponsorship is really making a difference. Little reminders like this renew my commitment as a sponsor. Thank you for the encouragement. What a great post! It is so easy to wonder if our sponsorship is really making a difference. Little reminders like this renew my commitment as a sponsor. Thank you for the encouragement.

]]> By: Julie http://blog.compassion.com/the-lie-of-poverty-is-a-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-9817 Julie Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:52:43 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=5787#comment-9817 Thanks for this. She's one of the younger children that are sponsored, so sometimes I wonder if my letters mean anything to her. But now I realize I have the opportunity to start early and tell her how important she is through her most formative years. I'm going to write my child this week! Thanks for this. She’s one of the younger children that are sponsored, so sometimes I wonder if my letters mean anything to her. But now I realize I have the opportunity to start early and tell her how important she is through her most formative years. I’m going to write my child this week!

]]> By: Diana Boeke http://blog.compassion.com/the-lie-of-poverty-is-a-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-9812 Diana Boeke Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:42:53 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=5787#comment-9812 Thank you for this. I work for a NGO that supports nearly 7,000 fatherless children in Egypt to overcome poverty together with their widowed mothers. We have a program similar to World Vision or Compassion, but those organizations aren't working in Egypt. We have the same challenge getting our sponsors to take their relationship with their child seriously. To us, it's the most important aspect of sponsorship. This is just the kind of post we need to share with our sponsor community. God bless you and your work. Thank you for this. I work for a NGO that supports nearly 7,000 fatherless children in Egypt to overcome poverty together with their widowed mothers. We have a program similar to World Vision or Compassion, but those organizations aren’t working in Egypt. We have the same challenge getting our sponsors to take their relationship with their child seriously. To us, it’s the most important aspect of sponsorship. This is just the kind of post we need to share with our sponsor community. God bless you and your work.

]]> By: Terese http://blog.compassion.com/the-lie-of-poverty-is-a-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-9811 Terese Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:33:29 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=5787#comment-9811 I am a fairly new sponsor, and I have to admit that I initially saw my sponsorship as a financial obligation only. I soon found these blogs and quickly learned from all of you the importance of letter-writing. Now I am having a ball with it and I was just beside myself to find my first response in the mailbox this week! I am a fairly new sponsor, and I have to admit that I initially saw my sponsorship as a financial obligation only. I soon found these blogs and quickly learned from all of you the importance of letter-writing. Now I am having a ball with it and I was just beside myself to find my first response in the mailbox this week!

]]> By: Tony B. http://blog.compassion.com/the-lie-of-poverty-is-a-double-edged-sword/comment-page-1/#comment-9810 Tony B. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:06:48 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=5787#comment-9810 Excellent post mom! This is so real and I have experienced the lies of poverty from being in the sponsored child side. Letters made a huge difference in making me believe that I was a normal child. Write to your child today! Bless you Excellent post mom! This is so real and I have experienced the lies of poverty from being in the sponsored child side. Letters made a huge difference in making me believe that I was a normal child. Write to your child today!
Bless you

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