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Beauty on the Backroads

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sponsoring a child

How sponsoring a child changed my life

March 21, 2013

I’m guest posting on my friend Carol Cool’s blog this week about how child sponsorship through Compassion International changed me, as well as the child I sponsored. Here’s a preview:

“Dear Sponsor Lisa …”

I was just out of college and a newish Christian when I had the opportunity to sponsor a child through Compassion International. His name was Gian and he was 5 years old and lived in Peru. I don’t remember what compelled me except that I had a job and could afford the $30 a month and it felt like something a Christian would do.

Fast forward 12 ½ years. I’m a wife and a mom, and my “son” is 17 and about to graduate. He recently wrote these words to me: 

Read the rest on Carol’s Blog, I’m No Superstar.

Filed Under: faith & spirituality, missions Tagged With: carol cool, compassion international, guest post, skip a meal for a day, sponsoring a child

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