I love these scenes from Journey Mama’s travels through India with her young children. Speaking of India, a group of Compassion International bloggers is heading there at the end of May to see the work that Compassion International does there. Check out the above link to find out more about their trip.
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Brian Seay with Compassion kids in the DR from Mary on Vimeo. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14 ————- I took the above video in the Dominican Republic in November. Read about my trip...
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I feel like I’ve told you most of the highlights of my trip to the Dominican Republic by now.  But I’ve decided there is one child I missed, because his face won’t get out of my head.  He was one of the children in the 9-11 year old class that I visited on my...
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I’ve written lots about the children in the Dominican Republic who stole bits of my heart. But I haven’t adequately explained my feelings for the people I traveled with. (Warning: Mush ahead). I had vague impressions about several of the people before I left home. I felt like I was already friends with Shaun-...
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My friend living in Taiwan blogged recently about the gecko living in their house.  She is low key about its presence in her house.  In the Dominican Republic when I spotted lizards basking in the sun on rock walls, I thought of her pet gecko, and was glad that the Dominican lizards were comfortably...
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One of the things that I feared as I prepared for this Compassion trip is that my previous exposure to poverty in Ethiopia would make me feel less for the children in the Dominican Republic. I was afraid I would be jaded. If you’ve seen one tin shack, you’ve seen them all, right? I...
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In four days of Spanish class, otherwise known as the Compassion blog trip, I’ve managed to learn a few key phrases. I can ask children their names and ages. I can say, “How are you?” and “Which sport do you like?” I can say hello, goodbye, beautiful, and smile. If someone asks if I...
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Another view of the outside of Mari’s House ————– Mariolvis: “When I started college, I was very afraid. I didn’t know if I could do the work. But I have been here three years and I have gotten three medals .” The University of Santa Domingo, where Mariolvis now attends school. ————–...
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This morning as I walked up an uneven set of stairs and stepped into the hubbub of my third Compassion project of the week, I didn’t know that this was the project that would touch me to the core. Kids jostled in rows of white plastic seats, expectantly facing the front of the room....
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In ten years of sponsoring Compassion kids and writing letters and sending pictures and praying for them, I’ve never actually met my child. Until today. Today we drove to a small village on a sugar cane plantation an hour or so from Santa Domingo. The homes were ramshackle and small, with peeling paint, patchwork...
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