Everybody Loves Raymon.

Meet Raymon.  He is waiting for a sponsor through Compassion International.  For $39 per month, Raymon can receive better nutrition, health care, education, and spiritual influence.  I have visited Compassion sites and I can tell you first-hand that your sponsorship literally changes the direction of life for kids.

Make Raymon part of your life, and change the world for one kid (and yourself).  To find out more about sponsoring Raymon, click here.

Name: Raymon Antonio Cardoza Valle (NI2420069)

Birthday:
August 30, 2005    Age: 4

Personal and Family Information:
Raymon lives with his father and his mother. At home, duties include running errands. His father is employed as a laborer and his mother maintains the home.
Soccer, playing ball games and running are Raymon’s favorite activities. In kindergarten his performance is average and he also regularly attends Bible class.
Your love and support will help Raymon to receive the assistance he needs to develop his potential. Please pray for him

Rock Leo’s World

Meet Leo from Mexico.  How could you not like this kid?  Sporting the chuckie-T’s and waiting for over 6 months for a sponsor, you can change his world for $38 per month.  To find out more about sponsoring Leo, click here

Name:       Leo Isaac Hermosillo Jimenez (ME9490013)
Birthday:   August 2, 2006    Age: 3
Gender:     Male
Region:      Central America and Caribbean
Country:     Mexico
Program:    Amiguitos de Jesus Student Center

In his home, Leo helps by running errands. He lives with his father and his mother. His father is sometimes employed as a farmer and his mother maintains the home.

Soccer, playing with cars and hide-and-seek are Leo’s favorite activities. In kindergarten his performance is average and he also regularly attends church activities and Bible class.

Your love and support will help Leo to receive the assistance he needs to develop his potential. Please pray for him.

Become a sponsor and put a smile on Leo’s face (and yours).

Give life to Leydi this Easter

Leydi could use a miracle this Easter season.  She has been waiting for a sponsor with Compassion International for more than 6 months.  I bet her face will light up when a Compassion staff person says, “Leydi, you have a sponsor, and their name is ___________ (insert YOUR name here).

To sponsor Leydi, click here.  Whoever sponsors her, please let me know thru the contacts page!

Name:       Leydi Luzmeli Garcia Jerónimo
Birthday:     July 16, 2006    Age: 3
Gender:       Female
Region:        Central America and Caribbean
Country:      Guatemala
Program:      Emmanuel Student Center

Personal and Family Information:
Leydi lives with her father and her mother. Her duties at home include running errands. Her father is employed as a farmer and her mother is employed as a project worker.

Leydi is not attending school because she is too young. Playing with dolls, running and playing group games are her favorite activities. She also attends Bible class regularly.

Your love and support will help Leydi to receive the assistance she needs to develop her potential. Please pray for her.

Sponsor Leydi by clicking here.

Pastors: Join me in a Compassion International Vision trip to Kenya

 Last year I participated in a vision trip to Guatemala with Compassion International.  (I blogged about the trip here.)  During our time in Guatemala, I saw first-hand the work of Compassion.  We visited the homes of sponsored children and met the Pastors of local churches.  We literally saw how child sponsorship is changing lives and communities.  In partnership with a local church, a generation of Christ followers are being raised. 

My family and I have sponsored kids with Compassion for several years but seeing their work on the ground was amazing.  Compassion is one of the best run ministries I have seen.  I was so impressed with the work that I sponsored a 2nd child while I was there.

I am excited to partner with Compassion and am extending an open invitation to my Pastor friends to come with us to Kenya from Sept 20-29, 2010. 

Compassion International will be covering all trip expenses and travel details.

Requirements:

• Pastors (Sr Pastors, Mission Pastors, Executive Pastors) should be leading in churches of 1000 attendees
• Represented churches should not yet be deeply partnered with Compassion.

What’s the catch?  Obviously we want you and your church to partner with Compassion.  However, this is not a hard sell “you owe us since you went on this trip” deal.  We believe that once you see the work of Compassion, you will want to explore ways to partner with us. 

On this trip we will experience first-hand the ministry of Compassion, experiencing how Compassion works through the local church to holistically develop children through the Sponsorship Program. We will also meet students in their Leadership Development Program.

Here is a typical day from a Compassion Vision Trip:

Please feel free to pass this around.  Space is limited. 

For more details, email me (slongyear@gmail.com) or hit me thru the contact page.

Follow Compassion Bloggers in Kenya

A group of bloggers are in Kenya this week.  They are taking a first-hand look at Compassion International and blogging their experiences.  For more information, click here.

Side note:  I am putting together a vision trip to Kenya in September.  This trip has limited openings for Pastors or Sr leaders in larger churches.  More deets to come.

Help Haiti Live

Compassion International presents Help Haiti Live.  Join us as we are assembling the largest on-line viewing audience possible. The concert will be streamed live at HelpHaitiLive.com on Feb 27th at 7:30 Central time and will last approximately two and a half hours.

Gibson Foundation has donated a guitar to be signed by ‘Help Haiti Live’ performers and auctioned at HelpHaitiLive.com as well beginning Wednesday afternoon. All proceeds from the auction and other on-line donations will go to Compassion International’s Haiti disaster relief fund.

Compassion has already been providing temporary shelter, spiritual counsel, clean water, food and medicine to about 20,000 Haitian families. This event, made possible by your support, will allow that care to continue and rebuild the homes and lives of many Compassion families devastated by the earthquake on January 12th.

Compassion Thursday; Laura needs you

Change the world for Laura, a Colombian child waiting for sponsorship with Compassion International. 

Laura lives with her father and her mother. She is responsible for running errands and cleaning. Her father is employed and her mother maintains the home. There are 2 children in the family.
Laura is not attending school because she is too young. Playing house, playing with dolls and playing group games are her favorite activities. She also attends Bible class regularly.
Because of your sponsorship, Laura will have new opportunities to learn and grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. Thank you for your concern and prayers.

To learn more about sponsoring Laura, click here.

Compassion Thursday; Brandoll Needs You

Be a part of a world-changing movement by becoming a child sponsor with Compassion International.  Brandoll is a young man in Honduras.  My family and I sponsor a child in Honduras and in her last letter she asked us to pray that her country would become safe.  Honduras is currently not the best place to live or travel.  How great would it be to make a difference in Brandoll’s life and give him a chance to thrive in challenging country?

Brandoll makes his home with his mother. Washing clothes, running errands and cleaning are his household duties. His mother is sometimes employed as a laborer. There are 2 children in the family.
As part of Compassion’s ministry, Brandoll participates in church activities and Bible class. He is also in kindergarten where his performance is average. Playing with cars, hide-and-seek and playing group games are his favorite activities.
Your care and consistent sponsorship are especially important to Brandoll because he has asthma and is receiving regular medical treatment. Thank you for your love and prayers.

To learn more about sponsoring Brandoll, click here.

Compassion Thursday; Muvunyi needs you

Most Compassion kids are young.  Meet Muvunyi, a 19 year old young man from Rwanda.

In his home, Muvunyi helps by carrying water, gathering firewood and caring for animals. He lives with his mother. His mother is sometimes employed as a farmer. There are 3 children in the family.
Soccer, volleyball and playing ball games are Muvunyi’s favorite activities. In high school his performance is average and he also regularly attends church activities and choir.
Your love and support will help Muvunyi to receive the assistance he needs to develop his potential. Please pray for him.
This child lives in an AIDS affected area. In Africa, the disease has impacted the entire continent, creating a generation of orphans and vulnerable children. God can use you to help ease the pain of a child in desperate need.

For information on sponsoring Muvunyi, click here.

Compassion Thursday. Samir Needs You

I used to feel like I couldn’t change the world.  I was wrong.   I can change the world.  I can change the world for one child.  So can you.  For $38 you can change the world of Samir.  Click here for all the details and be a world changer.

Samir lives with in Columbia, South America with his father and his mother. He is responsible for running errands. His father is employed and his mother is employed. There are 2 children in the family.
Playing with cars, hide-and-seek and playing group games are Samir’s favorite activities. In kindergarten his performance is average and he also regularly attends church activities.
Because of your sponsorship, Samir will have new opportunities to learn and grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. Thank you for your concern and prayers.

For more info on changing the world of  Samir, click here.