Tag Archives: Compassion International

News about Aibie

Posted on December 20, 2013 by livingasapprentices

COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL I have posted twice (Nov. 8 and Nov. 25) since Typhoon Haiyan about my concerns about one of the children I sponsor through Compassion International.  Today I received this e-mail from Compassion. “We now have more specific information … Continue reading →

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Hanging on to the Holy days

Posted on November 28, 2013 by livingasapprentices

MY JOURNEY Today is Thanksgiving Day in America – a celebration that was hard to hang onto because  from all sides I am being pushed into Christmas consumerism.  But I just finished writing to all seven of the kids I sponsor around the world though … Continue reading →

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Update on Aibie, child of the Philippines

Posted on November 25, 2013 by livingasapprentices

COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL On Nov. 8, Super Typhoon Haiyan blew across the Philippines leave death and destruction everywhere.   As I listened to the news,  I posted a story about Aibie, my 11-year-old sponsored child in the Philippines, praying that she and her five siblings and … Continue reading →

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Prayers for Aibie

Posted on November 8, 2013 by livingasapprentices

I woke up with a start in the middle of the night last night. When I couldn’t get back to sleep, I resorted to my usual tactic:  listening to BBC radio.  The first thing I heard was that a Super Typhoon  … Continue reading →

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“Sending prayers and songs on conflict’s toxic winds”

Posted on August 29, 2013 by livingasapprentices

The following is an excerpt from Terry Marotta’s column in the Holland Sentinel (Aug. 26,  2013.)  Terry’s blog No Exit is found at http://terrymarrota.wordpress.com.  Terry is usually a very funny writer, but this piece is deadly serious: “There is a … Continue reading →

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An Orphan Moves from Revenge to Reconciliation

Posted on August 3, 2013 by livingasapprentices

The following story  was posted in the Compassion International‘s July issue of Sponsor E-News  today – one day after I posted updates on my Compassion children (see previous post, Children of the Kingdom).  I was so moved by Methode’s story that I … Continue reading →

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Children of the Kingdom

Posted on August 2, 2013 by livingasapprentices

Wazoeli is 18 and has a view of Mt. Kilimanjaro from his home in Tanzania. His father is in jail and his mother works  3 jobs to support him and to pay his way to boarding school so he can have a future … Continue reading →

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It’s a Small World, After All

Posted on January 1, 2013 by livingasapprentices

“It’s a world of laughter, a world or tears it’s a world of hopes, it’s a world of fear there’s so much that we share that its time we’re aware it’s a small world after all There is just one moon … Continue reading →

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