Monday, January 24, 2011

Late Summer of 1998

While at a Rebecca St. James concert in Hudson Falls, New York, I heard Rebecca share about child sponsorship.  What she shared seemed like a neat idea, but wondered if we could afford a $24 a month commitment (Seriously, what was I thinking.  Less than $1 a day!).  During intermission, I went out to the Compassion table and began looking at the photos of children living in poverty.  I wondered how do you decide on which child.  They all needed a sponsor, an opportunity for an education, to be released from poverty, but most of all they needed HOPE.  While scanning the tables, I found a photo of a four-year old boy from Haiti with the same birth month as me.  Honestly, I didn't know much about Haiti and I probably didn't even realize where it was on the map.  I have never been very good with geography.  What do I remember most about my decision to sponsor Israel?  His eyes captured my heart and continue to, to this day.  This is where the journey began...

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

New to Blogging: CI is the Motivation Behind It

George and I have began the journey of sponsorship twelve years ago.  I have always enjoyed telling others about this journey and I've wanted to put this story into written text so beginning this blog is one way to do this.  This blog also provides me with the opportunity to tell others about Compassion International (CI). CI is who we sponsor our child through.  For those of you who do not know us, our child's name is Israel.  We began sponsoring Israel when he was 4.  He is now 17 and what an amazing journey it has been and will continue to be.

More blogging to come...

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