January Compassion Joy

Time to link up with my friend Jill at Compassion Family for her monthly Compassion Joy Dare link up! She encourages each one of us to post about the blessings we receive as sponsors through Compassion, and this past month was an incredible month for me!

Meeting my Compassion child Felix and his family

Meeting my Compassion child Felix and his family

Most of you know that I was able to go on my first Compassion Sponsor Tour to Mexico where I was able to meet our new sponsored child, Felix! I still have at least one more post to write about our trip, hopefully it will be ready next week.

First letter from Felix!

First letter from Felix!

Received our first letter from Felix after we got home from our trip! I love that he wants us to pray that his family will know Jesus, definitely my constant prayer for his family.

Thank you note from Olive!

Thank you note from Olive!

Received a sweet thank you note and pictures from my friend, Olive! I was able to attend her graduation from Denver Seminary in December. She has been a Compassion Leadership Development Program Student. Now that she has completed her studies, she is back in her home country, Uganda. Lord willing, I would love to visit her there one day.

Compassion Bloggers went to Uganda in January

Compassion Bloggers went to Uganda in January

Speaking of Uganda, were you able to follow the Compassion Bloggers on their trip to Uganda last month? Wow, such powerful stories they shared with all of us! Now that I have been on my own trip, I sure do have a new respect for them. How they process their day and write those posts each night just amazes me. God has surely gifted each one of them with incredible writing talent. I pray you have time to read through some of their posts!

Shirley was sponsored last month!

Shirley was sponsored last month!

One last thing to share with you! Not only was Shirley sponsored by a family at our church (and she attends the same center in Mexico as our Felix!), Rendy from Indonesia now has a sponsor by another family at our church!

January sure was a month filled with Compassion Joy for me! Be sure to head over to Jill's blog to read about the other Compassion Joy's being shared this month.

Compassion Joy Dare: December

I am linking up with my friend Jill today over at Compassion Family for her Compassion Joy Dare monthly link up. December was filled with Compassion joys for me!

But the really big Compassion joy I was able to experience last month was attending a graduation ceremony at Denver Seminary for Olive Akullo!!

Olive stayed with our family about a year and a half ago when she came out to California to speak at our church and another nearby church. We stayed in touch through Facebook and I was so happy that all of the details came together so that I could fly out to celebrate her big accomplishment with her!

Have some Compassion joy to share? Be sure to link up with Jill each month as we celebrate God's blessings we experience with Compassion!

My November Compassion Joys

I am linking up with my friend Jill today for her Compassion Joy Dare link up!

Did you have some Compassion Joy last month? Be sure to link up with Jill and visit the other participants in her Compassion Joy Dare link up!

October Compassion Joy Dare

Today I am linking up with my friend Jill to share some of the Compassion blessings we had last month.

Did you have any Compassion blessings last month? Be sure to link up with Jill and her Compassion Joy Dare posts each month.

Compassion Joy Dare

My Compassion blogging friend, Jill, has started a monthly blog link up called Compassion Joy Dare. This is a way for each one of us to share about the blessings God provides through our involvement with Compassion. While I didn’t receive letters from any of my Compassion kids this month, it was a month filled with some wonderful blessings:

Compassion friends met up with a fellow Compassion advocate for breakfast on our trip down to Southern California

Compassion blog month participated in Compassion’s blog month to help find sponsors for over 3,160 children

Compassion Share & Tell

started a new blog link up for Compassion sponsors to share what they are mailing to their sponsored children each month

Compassion trip

received our Compassion trip brochure with some tips to help us prepare for our trip in January!!

Jill has made it really easy for each one of us to participate in her Compassion Joy Dare blog link up. Once you have written your own blog post, sharing your Compassion blessings from the past month, be sure to link up with Jill at her blog, Compassion Family.

I would love to hear what Compassion blessings have happened in your life this past month!