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Nooma + Compassion = Corner
June 29th, 2009 | Comments Off
Nooma has a great new video in partnership with Compassion International and featuring Rob Bell. It’s definitely worth a watch:
(Link opens Nooma’s website.)
What is Compassion?
June 15th, 2009 | Comments Off
This is an amazingly well crafted video explaining the history and purpose of Compassion International.
Compassion International just celebrated its 1 millionth child sponsored. That is what I call making a difference in the world.
Perspective
May 1st, 2009 | Comments Off
Shaun and a bunch of bloggers are on a trip to Kolkata, India, right now seeing the work Compassion International is doing to fight poverty and provide hope to children and families. Becky, Shaun’s wife, is on this trip with him even though she isn’t a blogger herself. This is her first trip overseas to see the work of Compassion so I have been very curious to see her reaction and hear her thoughts.
Today Shaun posted the e-mails that Becky has been writing their kids here in America while they’ve been in India. You must go read this post. Here’s an excerpt from Day 5:
The house we visited today was one of a little Compassion girl who is 11. Remember that it is only the size of your bathroom (without the bathtub, toilet, and sink) and her whole family of 5 people sleeps in there with no bed. The floor is clay and there is one window. It is painted a pretty blue color. She asked us how we liked her house. We told her that it was beautiful, and she started smiling. She said “My life is very happy,” and began to sing a song to God. You would think that she would be sad that she didn’t have more, but because she has God and knows her sponsor from Compassion loves her enough to send letters and money to take care of her, she is happy.
My wife and I are in the process of buying a house — our first house. It’s probably going to be a little bigger than a bathroom, but it might not be as big as the neighbor’s house. I only hope that we can remember to be happy because we have God who loves us and because we love each other, and not be sad because we don’t have more stuff.
Go read Letters from Mommy.
Compassion Bloggers in India
April 27th, 2009 | Comments Off
A group of several bloggers are on a trip to Kolkata, India, right now. Each day they are visiting projects run by Compassion International–meeting kids, discovering hope in the midst of poverty, taking pictures, and telling their stories on their blogs. It’s probably the closest we can come to being there without actually taking that 16 hour flight and enduring the 120 degree heat.
I have not been overseas with Compassion (yet) but I love reading these stories. It helps gain a little more of a world perspective instead of being stuck in my American bubble and realize that there is both great need and much hope. Check out the Compassion Bloggers site and take a little trip to India this week.
Michelle Torentino’s Story
April 21st, 2009 | 2 Comments
I had the privilege of attending Compassion International’s artists dinner (a part of GMA week) last night. The main speaker for the evening was a former sponsored child through Compassion named Michelle Torentino. She was an amazing reminder of why we do what we do.
She also challenged me to consider every single child sponsorship packet that I set out on a table at a concert as potentially being an amazing servant of God. Every great leader of the Church was once a little child. I realized that we aren’t just releasing children from poverty but we are also releasing them to opportunity. We can each play a part in God’s perfect plan by enabling children to grow up to be the persons that God created them to be. Amazing.
Please, take seven minutes out of your day and watch her tell her story below. I promise you it will be worth it and you will be changed. Then, either sponsor a child or help us challenge your church community to get involved in the lives of these children.
Shaun Groves for Free Summer 2009
April 13th, 2009 | Comments Off
Over the last eight months audiences at Shaun’s concerts have sponsored over 1000 children through Compassion International. With such an overwhelming response to Shaun’s music and speaking about the mission of Compassion International we are excited to be able to continue traveling to churches and colleges for free.
And now it is your chance to get involved. We are currently booking free concerts for Summer 2009 (May-August).
These are solo acoustic events with Shaun and Compassion.This tour is ideal for Sunday morning worship services, evening concerts, college chapels and meetings, or anywhere the Church can be reminded that God has called each of us for a purpose.
If you are interested in participating in one of these free events please call or e-mail Ben Stewart today at booking@shaungroves.com!
If you are unable to promote one of these events then please forward spread the word to anyone you know who might want to get involved in this tour. We can all play a part in releasing children from poverty.
Thank you!
Dominican Republic
November 2nd, 2008 | Comments Off
Well, another group of Compassion Bloggers (including Shaun) are off for an overseas adventure this week. We have been working frantically to get everything on the CB website ready for the trip so they can easily share stories, videos and pictures with the rest of us. We even setup a handy-dandy RSS feed for posts from the trip.
If you want to be challenged to think outside of your country’s walls and consider how people live in the developing world, I highly suggest you keep up with the bloggers this week at the Compassion Bloggers Dominican Republic Trip page.
Compassion Bloggers Promotional Video
September 22nd, 2008 | Comments Off
Shaun just made this schweet little promo video for the upcoming Compassion Bloggers Trip.
