Results tagged “dominican republic”
Dominican Republic - Random Reflections (11/07/08 - 5 Comments)
As I begin my journey home, I thought I'd offer a few random reflections on the Dominican Republic (though if you didn't read it yesterday evening, I'd really encourage you to first read and respond to this post). These are things that popped into my head at one time or another, but which didn't find their way into another post (perhaps for good reason). Here they are... Before I left, a friend who spent several...
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."...
Dominican Republic - Not All is Paper (11/03/08 - 12 Comments)
This afternoon we toured through Compassion International's Dominican office. There we saw the men and women who create the programs, who choose which children will be selected for sponsorship, who translate letters from sponsors to children and children to sponsors, and who manage the finances that make possible all that they do. At one point one of our group asked about adhering to the rules Compassion lays out, and especially the rule that only a...
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...
Blogging the Dominican Republic - Travel Day (11/02/08 - 16 Comments)
Early this morning (really early this morning), my son Nicholas and I are heading to Pearson International Airport and, from there, to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic (after layovers in Chicago and Miami). We will be traveling with Compassion International, a child sponsorship organization that ministers to over 40,000 Dominican children. Along with a few other bloggers, we have been invited to see how Compassion serves these children; we're allowed to open any file...
Compassion Bloggers (09/13/08 - 23 Comments)
A couple of months ago I received a rather unique invitation. Compassion International was considering sending a team of bloggers to Dominican Republic and wondered if I might be interested in tagging along. The purpose of the trip is for these bloggers to see what Compassion is doing in that place and to learn what the organization is all about. I thought about it for some time and have decided to go along. I have...