Compassion

Her name is Maria. 

Her family lives in Brazil in a community of about 26,000 people where most adults work as day laborers and earn the equivalent of about $165/month. Her parents sometimes have work. She has one sibling. She is a normal child with normal needs: food, clothing, schooling, etc. 

And we get to sponsor her. We get to read letters from her where she tells us that she loves us. We get to read letters from her that tell us she is praying for us. We get to invest in her life. 

And you could invest in a life as well.

How often do you buy a pack of gum? Or a cup of coffee? Or a candy bar? That dollar a day you spend on something extra...something small... can feed, clothe, send a child in poverty to school, and give that child the opportunity to get to know Jesus. For $38 a month, you can invest in the life of a child who otherwise would know nothing but poverty.

Compassion International works with over a million children in 26 different countries. They also rescue mothers and babies through their Child Survival program and have a Leadership Development program for older children.

If you sponsored a child...

Your support would provide:

• Food and clean water
• Medical care
• Educational opportunities
• Important life-skills training
• Most important of all, your sponsored child will hear about Jesus Christ and be encouraged to develop a lifelong relationship with God.

Right now, there are 1,500 children on Compassion's waiting list who have been waiting for as much as a year to be sponsored. The older a child is, the harder it is to get a sponsor. Being able to be a part of a child's life is not only an excellent opportunity for him/her, but gives your family a chance to learn about someone else's life in a poverty stricken country and to share one another's burdens.

To find a child to sponsor go to
http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/default.htm
Do it. Make one of these children a part of your life.
They need you!