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!

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!

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!

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)

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.

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.

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!

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.

Name:

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.

Name:
Joao Vitor Blondet Teixeira (BR3460597)

Birthday:
April 17, 2003    Age: 6

Gender:
Male

Region:
South America

Country:
Brazil

Program:
Projeto Crescer

Personal and Family Information:
Joao makes his home with his father and his mother. Making beds and running errands are his household duties. His father is sometimes employed as a laborer and his mother maintains the home. There are 5 children in the family.

For fun, Joao enjoys soccer, playing with cars and playing with marbles. He attends Bible class regularly and is in kindergarten where his performance is average.

UPDATE: Juleisy has 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.

Look at this face. How can you not love this little face!

Juleisy lives with her father and her mother. At home, duties include running errands and cleaning. Her father is sometimes employed as a seller in the market and her mother is sometimes employed as a seller in the market. There are 3 children in the family.

Juleisy is not attending school because she is too young. Playing with dolls, jumping rope and listening to music are her favorite activities. She also attends Bible class regularly.

Juleisy needs you. Your $32 a month will literally change not only her life right now, but the landscape of her future. You can click here to sponsor Juleisy 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!