Update: Sophia’s been sponsored. Thank you!

Continuing in our Thursday tradition, we highlight a Compassion child that has been waiting six months or more for sponsorship. Not sure if sponsoring a child through Compassion is worth it? I beg to differ.

Today we’re highlighting Sophia from Tanzania (that rhymes!) and when I read that she likes ping pong, I just knew we had to talk about her today.

Sophia lives with her father and her mother. At home, duties include washing clothes, running errands and cleaning. Her father is sometimes employed and her mother is sometimes employed.

For fun, Sophia enjoys ping pong, playing house and playing with dolls. She attends Bible class regularly and is in kindergarten where her performance is average.

Sophia needs you. If you’re ready to sponsor Sophia, click here to be taken to her profile. If you’d like to view other children in need of sponsorship, click here.

If you choose to sponsor Sophia (or any other child), please email me through my contact form and let me know!

You owe it to yourself to stop what you’re doing, just for a few minutes, and visit Days With My Father.

You will not be disappointed.

CNN looked at 15 reasons why Mr. Rogers was the best neighbor ever. Check out #6:

6. He was genuinely curious about others. Mister Rogers was known as one of the toughest interviews because he’d often befriend reporters, asking them tons of questions, taking pictures of them, compiling an album for them at the end of their time together, and calling them after to check in on them and hear about their families. He wasn’t concerned with himself, and genuinely loved hearing the life stories of others.

And it wasn’t just with reporters. Once, on a fancy trip up to a PBS exec’s house, he heard the limo driver was going to wait outside for 2 hours, so he insisted the driver come in and join them (which flustered the host).

On the way back, Rogers sat up front, and when he learned that they were passing the driver’s home on the way, he asked if they could stop in to meet his family. According to the driver, it was one of the best nights of his life the house supposedly lit up when Rogers arrived, and he played jazz piano and bantered with them late into the night. Further, like with the reporters, Rogers sent him notes and kept in touch with the driver for the rest of his life.

Check out the entire article here. Well worth a read.

I think we could all learn a thing or two from Fred Rogers.

A new search engine called Cuil has launched and, being the humble guy I am, I did a vanity search for my blog to see if/where I showed up.

Check this (click image for full size version) to check out my search results:

“Looks at faith, technology and culture from the eyes of a thirty-something living in the Midwest US. Offering tech howto’s, humorous anecdotes and more, this is your stop to see how we roll in the bible belt.”

I think that sums things up pretty well. I appreciate the 7.0 ranking, too.

Maybe you don’t know the name Randy Pausch.

You should.

If you’ve never seen him before, stop for ten minutes and watch this video.

I don’t care what you’re doing. It’s worth stopping, gather round friends, family, the dog, whatever. Take a deep breath, and listen.

Closely.

Sound familiar?

You can check out the full 75 minute lecture here.

The people of the world are mourning the loss of Randy today.

They just don’t know it.

What will the world say about YOU when you’re gone.