My wife wrote me several cards and packed them in my luggage to be opened on certain days of my trip. The card I opened today challenged me deeply. This is what it said…
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One of my favorite parts about this trip has been seeing bright, happy faces of all the Compassion sponsored children we’ve met. And ultimately, that’s what this is all about, right? Here are some of my favorite photos we’ve taken of the children we’ve met this week…
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Just when I thought my heart couldn’t break any more, we drove to our Compassion project today and saw this – roof after rusty roof of the Mathare Slum, one of the largest and most congested slums in the world…
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Last week I introduced you to Ivon Magoma, our newest sponsored child from Kenya. I met her briefly on Wednesday when we visited her project in the Kawangware slum but I got to spend the entire afternoon with her today at Mamba Resort…
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There is something especially amazing about the beauty of children’s voices lifted in song, especially these beautiful Kenyan children we met yesterday at a Compassion project…
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One of the things I love is Compassion’s one-to-one focus. What that means is that every child sponsored through Compassion is linked to just one sponsor. Through the sponsor-child relationship, a deep bond is developed as letters and photos are exchanged…
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Compassion goes further than just simple food distribution – they focus on the whole person and give them the tools to help break the cycle of poverty themselves. I could tell you how they do it…or I could introduce you to Caroline…
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We arrived safe and sound in Nairobi around 9 PM, went through customs, picked up our bags and drove to our hotel. The flight over was loooonnng but for the most part uneventful…
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Wow, I can’t believe this day is finally here! I’m leaving this morning for a long flight to Nairobi, Kenya (via Minneapolis and Amsterdam) with the rest of the Compassion Bloggers. I’ll be arriving in Nairobi around 9PM Kenya time…
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I had an epic panic attack this morning. I’ve been working on getting everything I needed for my Compassion Bloggers trip that I leave for on Tuesday…
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