Results tagged “compassion international”
Dominican Republic - Ordinary Superheroes (11/06/08 - 15 Comments)
(Please don't forget to visit Nick's blog) This is our last day in the Dominican Republic. Tomorrow morning we will head for the airport and from there we will fly for home, leaving the developing world and returning to the developed world. As much as I've enjoyed this experience, I can't deny that I'll be glad to be home. I've been to many homes here in Dominican Republic but I don't know if I'll remember...
Dominican Republic - God's Hidden Gifts (11/05/08 - 7 Comments)
Have you ever looked through the photos of children at Compassion's site or at a table at a concert and wondered why sometimes five or six girls are wearing the same dress? It's not a school uniform and is not a particularly nice dress, so why are several of the girls wearing it? Today I found out why. With tears of shame, even fifteen years later, Julia (pronounced "HOO-lia) sobbed her story. She had been...
Dominican Republic - The Business of Hope (11/04/08 - 13 Comments)
(When you're finished here, please visit my son Nick's blog at challiesjr.com.) I must have met 100 children today; 200 maybe. I had children touching my skin, poking my nose, grabbing my ears, hanging off my back, arms and shoulders, poking their hands into my pockets and asking, always asking, to have their photo taken. I shot photo after photo of children posing for the camera, smiling and giving a thumbs up or "rabbit ears."...
Blogging the Dominican Republic (11/03/08 - 9 Comments)
I'm writing this morning from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. As you know, my son and I are here with Compassion International to see how they serve God by serving this nation. From now until Thursday we will be touring the country and seeing Compassion's work among its people. We will be busy all day and writing in the evenings, so, as a break from the usual routine around here, I'll be posting later...