Comments on: Risk, Care, Dream, Expect

By: Blessing

Blessing — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:34:57 +0000

This is so great that people truly serve God through the poor, love God with all their being.
Brad, you are a wonderful person and God will order your step in his word.
I have same passion for the poor.
I will be travelling to Nigeria next week and hope to get in touch when Icome back.

By: Kathy Pride

Kathy Pride — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:14:33 +0000

It is in giving, and sharing with these children that we receive so, so much. It makes a tremendous difference, we have sponsored kids with birthdays that match our own kids and have also brought more into our family over the years, and it is a real joy to receive their mail and photos.

Go for it!

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:43:56 +0000

My family and I chose to sponsor a child last Friday. He shares the same birthday with our only son. So many times since then I have heard “I wish we had the money to do that”. Internally I laugh, externally I say “So do I”. I blogged about this a couple days ago.Anyone who has followed my blog knows that for the last year, we have been in a challenging financial position. The phrase “God doesn’t call the qualified, he qualifies the called” applies to EVERYTHING. Even sponsoring a child. We are certainly not qualified financially to take on another financial obligations, but God chose us to sponsor Maxwell. He will provide for us. We are only his vessel.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:15:20 +0000

Hello Brad. I’m a fellow Hoosier heading to the Mathare Valley for 10 days in Sept with FAME. Thanks to this Compassion International trip, I sponsored my first child yesterday – and I requested one from the Mathare Valley! Thank you for opening my eyes to the difference I can make.
By the way, I gave up cokes two months ago – that more than makes up the $38.00 a month for this child – God is now calling on my heart to actually adjust my budget to make room for more. To truly sacrifice…

By: Jody

Jody — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:25:12 +0000

Love it and have LOVED following y’alls journey-and love seeing what it is doing to open the eyes of so many to what/who Compassion is! praying for a safe return, but thank you for not being “safe” in your love and advocacy for these children and their families!!!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:21:03 +0000

I cannot thank you enough for all of these amazing posts. I have been sharing them on Facebook and I know they are making an impact. May God bless you for all you’ve shared.

By: Mike Hailey

Mike Hailey — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:50:50 +0000

Brad, you are absolutely correct when you state that when you receive that first letter from your sponsored child, “your heart will melt.” It certainly has changed my life. After traveling to Bolivia, I was so glad that I had the next week off work because I needed to process what all I had seen and experienced. It would have been difficult to step back in to my normal routine after such a life-changing journey.

THANK YOU for sharing. Have a safe trip home.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:52:18 +0000

We took the leap and I haven’t stopped thinking of sweet Baraka ever since. I wake up and go to bed thinking of him, every day. Wondering about where he is…what he’s thinking…how full his belly is…

Thank you for giving us this opportunity. We are forever changed.

By: Juli Jarvis

Juli Jarvis — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:47:11 +0000

I’ve read every single post of all the Kenya Bloggers this week — thank you so much for sharing so honestly with us!

By: Lindsay @ Not2Us

Lindsay @ Not2Us — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:14:29 +0000

Nader – You can visit Charity Naviagtor (a non-profit rating organization) to see their report on Compassion International:

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3555

Also, Compassion International has an open door policy. If you become a sponsor, they welcome you to visit their offices and look through the paperwork.