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Yair needs you #compassionthurs

Shawn — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:57:54 +0000

Every Thursday a group of bloggers highlights a child in the Compassion program that needs sponsored. You can help change Yair’s life forever.

The details on Yair are below. $38 a month will change his life forever. How? By giving him access to a Compassion project that offers education, food, and a chances that he’d never have otherwise.

Even if you can’t sponsor Yair will you please tweet about Yair or put a link to this post on your Facebook wall? There’s buttons to the left of this post (click here if you don’t see them) that make it super easy.

You can save his life, today.

Name:
Yair Laureano Morales (ME9380113)

Birthday:
December 5, 2005 Age: 4

Gender:
Male

Region:
Central America and Caribbean

Country:
Mexico

Program:
CDI Transformacion

Personal and Family Information:
Yair lives with his father and his mother. His duties at home include working at various household chores. There are 2 children in the family. His father is sometimes employed as a farmer and his mother maintains the home.

Yair is not presently attending school. Playing with cars and playing ball games are his favorite activities. He also attends Bible class and Vacation Bible School regularly.
Your love and support will help Yair to receive the assistance he needs to develop his potential. Please pray for him.

Lawan needs you #compassionthurs

Shawn — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:18:23 +0000

Everything Thursday a group of bloggers highlights a Compassion child in need of sponsorship. This child has been waiting to be sponsored for six months or more. Will you be the one to help rescue Lawan from poverty, in Jesus’ name? If you’d like to sponsor Lawan, you can click here.

Name:
Lawan De Marins Pereira (BR4160231)

Birthday:
August 31, 2005 Age: 4

Gender:
Male

Region:
South America

Country:
Brazil

Program:
Projeto Hope

Personal and Family Information:
Lawan lives with his stepfather and his mother. His duties at home include running errands and cleaning. His stepfather is sometimes employed as a laborer and his mother maintains the home.

s part of Compassion’s ministry, Lawan participates in church activities. He is also in kindergarten where his performance is average. Soccer, playing with cars and singing are his favorite activities.

Please remember Lawan in your prayers. Your love and support will help him to receive the assistance he needs to grow and develop.

Compassion Thursday – Christian needs you #compassionthurs

Shawn — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:36:44 +0000

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.

Little Christian is a Christmas baby! Just look at that face, people.

Name: Christian Anciano (PH8860125)

Birthday: December 25, 2005

Age: 4

Gender: Male

Region: Asia

Country: Philippines

Program: Mahayag Alliance Developmental Center

Personal and Family Information:
Christian lives with his father and his mother. At home, duties include running errands. His father is sometimes employed as a farmer and his mother maintains the home. There are 2 children in the family.
Christian is not presently attending school. Playing with cars and hide-and-seek are his favorite activities. He also attends church activities regularly.

Christian needs you. Your $38 a month will literally change not only his life right now, but the landscape of his future. You can click here to sponsor Christian or click here to view other children in need of sponsorship.

If you choose to sponsor a child today, please email me and let me know!

Compassion bloggers in Kenya

Shawn — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:47:19 +0000

This week a select group of people are on a Compassion Bloggers trip in Kenya, visiting projects (think churches with after school programs) and getting a better understanding of how the locals live life everyday.

Scot and I attended a vision trip to Guatemala in October 2009 that changed my life. I can only imagine the content you’re going to see from these bloggers as they experience some amazing, life changing events on this trip.

Here’s a video from LV Hanson’s post over at CatalystSpace:

Dakika Moja – Episode 1 from Catalyst on Vimeo.

Visit HelpHaitiLive.com on Feb. 27th

Shawn — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:50:57 +0000

You can also text ‘disaster’ to 90999 to donate $10.

If you live in the Nashville area be sure to get tickets to this amazing event being held at Ryman Auditorium at 7:30pm central time.

Tell your friends. Tell your family. Tell everyone. Haiti still needs our help.

Guatemala 2010 – day 2

Shawn — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:56:17 +0000

Too tired (and emotionally spent) to write. Here’s some pics from today.

Guatemala in pictures

Shawn — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:31:00 +0000

Just in case you weren’t around for my trip to Guatemala last October, here’s all the pictures I took in slideshow format.

Compassion Thursday – Haiti

Shawn — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:53:43 +0000

Normally on Thursdays myself and a group of bloggers highlight a single Compassion child for sponsorship.

Today I’m going to ask you to head over to the Compassion Haiti page and make a donation of whatever size you can. Of the 65,000 children sponsored in Haiti, some 6,000 are in Port-au-Prince. Who knows how long it will take to determine the fate of those 6,000.

I’m going to ask that you offer up some specific prayers today.

Pray that all 6,000 Compassion children survived.
Pray that Compassion’s offices are contacted soon (communications are still out).
Pray that more help not only arrives sooner than later but that relief work can be done unfettered.
Pray for peace in the region as this kind of disaster lends itself to violent survival instincts.
Pray for your role in sponsoring a child from Haiti.
Pray that somehow, through this crisis, people come to know Christ.

-s

Compassion Thursday – Yago needs you

Shawn — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:24:28 +0000

Name:     Yago Vieira Dos Santos (BR4100408)
Birthday:     December 24, 2005    Age: 4
Gender:     Male
Region:      South America
Country:      Brazil
Program:      Projeto Campo Novo
Personal and Family Information:
Yago lives with his mother. His duties at home include running errands. There are 2 children in the family. His mother maintains the home.
For fun, Yago enjoys soccer, playing with cars and playing ball games. He attends Bible class regularly and is in kindergarten where his performance is average.

Yago needs you. For only $38 per month you can change his life for the better. You can click here to sponsor Yago or click here to sponsor another child.

Please, don’t wait. Make a difference in Yago’s life today. Right now.

Compassion Thursday – Samalia needs you

Shawn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:26:18 +0000

Name: Samalia Shala (DR5260408)

Birthday: October 17, 2005 Age: 4

Gender: Female

Region: Central America and Caribbean

Country: Dominican Republic

Program: La Canastica Student Center

Personal and Family Information:
In her home, Samalia helps by running errands. She lives with her father and her mother. Her father is sometimes employed as a laborer and her mother maintains the home. There are 2 children in the family.
Samalia is not attending school because she is too young. Playing house and playing with dolls are her favorite activities. She also attends Bible class regularly.

Your $38 a month can change Samalia’s life. She’ll have opportunities she wouldn’t have had otherwise. Won’t you please sponsor Samalia today? Click here to do so, or if you’d like to sponsor another child, click here.