Well,
I have finally fulfilled a 20 year dream of mine. At long last we are able to sponsor a Compassion child. When I was a Bible college student back in the 80's, my roommate was sponsoring a child. She would write letters and we had her picture sitting on the dresser. My heart was moved then but I could only afford to eat ramen noodles and green beans. I don't want to go into all the details of the past 20 years--you'd probably nod off right at your computer. But I do want to say that thanks to the Compassion Bloggers I was reminded of my dream. THIS time we have a budget and we're using Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover Plan. So we have money to give! Hurray! It's not much, but I hope it touches the life of one young lady in Uganda in a very real and meaningful way. In time, we hope to sponsor several children.
Oh! Was it ever HARD to choose a child from the list! There are so many with such great needs. I cried quite a bit during the choosing process. My 13 yo daughter was my partner for choosing. We discussed all the different needs and narrowed down a list of about 3 girls. We finally settled on Natukunda Adrine, a 15 year old girl in Uganda. We haven't received our packet yet but you can bet we've been watching down the street for the mail truck to bring it to us.
If you want to have your heart touched visit the Compassion Bloggers page and begin reading all the different stories. I also highly recommend going straight to BooMama's blog and reading her adventures. She was one of the Bloggers who traveled to Uganda last week. I do believe her life has been changed forever. THIS is an excellent post about Compassion and it's many ministries, written by a mom of 11.
One more great link is here. Shaun was another of the Compassion Bloggers and he has set up a Blog Carnival of sorts for people to share their own Compassion Stories. When you get there just scroll down a little bit and you will see the list of bloggers who have linked up so far. Click on any name to read their story. And if you want you can share your own story.
If you want to donate to any cause or believe missions work is a good thing, but you are not actively doing anything about it, may I suggest sponsoring a child? It becomes so personal when you have a face and a name and can write letters. It's also such a simple way to start.

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