Compassion Thursday–Ariel needs you
Every Thursday a group of bloggers get together to highlight a Compassion child that’s been waiting six months or longer for a sponsor. Will you consider sponsoring Ariel, or telling your friends about Ariel?
Name: Izhar Ariel López Ordóñez (HO2790305)
Birthday: October 12, 2005 Age: 5
Gender: Male
Region: Central America and Caribbean
Country: Honduras
Program: Generacion con Propósito Student Center
Personal and Family Information:
Ariel lives with his father and his mother. His duties at home include cleaning. His father is sometimes employed as a laborer and his mother maintains the home.For fun, Ariel enjoys playing with cars, playing ball games and bicycling. He attends Bible class regularly and is in kindergarten where his performance is average.
You can change Ariel’s life forever. Please consider sponsoring Ariel, or telling your friends about Ariel. At the very least please share about Ariel’s need using your Twitter and Facebook accounts. If you’ll help get the word out, Ariel will get sponsored so much faster! Just click here, then click the Tweet and Share buttons to the left. Thank you!
Genesis needs you #compassionthurs
It’s Thursday again which means a group of bloggers will be highlighting a Compassion child that’s been waiting six months or longer for sponsorship.
Here’s my ask of you: if you can’t sponsor Genesis, please tweet about Genesis and post a link on your Facebook wall. The more exposure Genesis gets, the greater chance she has of being sponsored.
Name: Génesis Daniela Chicas (HO2880200)
Birthday: July 13, 2007 Age: 3
Gender: Female
Region: Central America and Caribbean
Country: Honduras
Program: CDI Una Nueva Visión
Personal and Family Information:
Génesis’s father is in prison. She lives with her mother. Her mother is sometimes employed as a laborer. Génesis’s duties at home include running errands.Génesis is not attending school because she is too young. Singing and playing with dolls are her favorite activities. She also attends church activities regularly.
Consider sponsoring Genesis, or tell your friends all about her. She needs you – you can change her life today!
What is Compassion Thursday?
If you’ve been hanging around my blog long enough you may have seen some Compassion Thursday posts. You may have even asked yourself, “what is Compassion Thursday?”
Compassion Thursday is a group of bloggers that get together every Thursday and highlight a Compassion child that has been waiting six months or longer for sponsorship. Sponsorship through Compassion costs $38 a month but it literally saves a child’s life and gives them a chance at a future that they otherwise would not have.
Who is Compassion?
I took this right from their website:
Compassion International exists as a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults.
Why a group of bloggers?
Because we’re not Anne Jackson or Carlos Whittaker. One of them could ask for sponsorship and the child they highlight would be picked up in a jiffy. The Compassion Thursday bloggers have less influence individually but, together, we’re able to get children sponsored.
So, who are the Compassion Thursday bloggers?
- Toby Keathley – What’s This Life For? – on Twitter: @pastor_t
- Andy McMahon – Crucial Encounter – on Twitter: @crucialencountr
- Andrea McMahon – Shalom Existence – on Twitter: @shalomexistence
- Adam Thomas – Caffeinated Faith – on Twitter: @caffeinefaith
- Scot Longyear – reson8 – on Twitter: @longyear
- Tam Hodge – inprogress – on Twitter: @inprogress
- Duane Scott – duane~scott – on Twitter: @duane_scott
- Danny Eason – danny eason – on Twitter: @dannyeason
- Shawn Wallace – shawnw (that’s me!) – on Twitter: @shawnw
We need your help on Thursdays
But how, you may ask? Lots of ways. Understand, though – you do NOT have to be a blogger to help us on Compassion Thursday. If you’re reading this, you can help!
- Post to your Facebook wall – when we post our highlighted child (easiest way to find our post is to follow the #compassionthurs hashtag on Twitter), just copy that Thursday’s link and post it to your wall.
- Post to Twitter – have a Twitter account? Just follow the #compassionthurs hashtag and retweet our tweets to your friends.
- Tell friends, family and coworkers – share our link with them and ask them to sponsor a child through Compassion.
- Sponsor a child yourself – maybe you’d like to sponsor a child through Compassion? If so, great! Just click on the child in our Thursday post and follow the instructions.
I hope this post has helped clear things up a bit (if you had questions.) Got more questions? Just leave a comment and I’ll be glad to answer them!
Updated 9/23/2010 to add three new bloggers to the group!
Yair needs you #compassionthurs
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
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.