Compassion Hunt

Have you been able to participate in Compassion’s Photo Scavenger Hunt?

Here are the photos I was able to capture and share on my Instagram account:

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This has been a fun scavenger hunt to participate in and I hope you enjoyed my photos! But if you are not currently sponsoring a child through Compassion, would you consider looking through photos of children who are waiting to be sponsored?

Letter from Abner!

Last week, I received a letter from Abner. He is one of my correspondent kids from Colombia. Here is what his letter says:

Dear Godmother,

I greet you with a big hug and many blessings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ; I wish that God pours health, wisdom and economy. I am very grateful for the beautiful album and card. You show me the great love for me, I liked to see the beautiful creation of God reflected in the sea, what I liked was seeing the humpback whale. My family and I are praying for God to manifest much more in your life. I would like you to support me in prayer for my whole family knows the word of God. My family and I are in good health; I share with my family praying at the table. I want to tell you that at school I was in the 5th position, I excelled in art with the highest rate. I go the CDC every Saturday. Every day I learn about the word of God, the planet care, house rules and crafts. Sponsor, I’d like you to please send me pictures of your house. This Saturday the teacher taught us to do green heads, is dashed with sawdust, seeds, pantyhose and buttons for eyes. This seed will grow within 15 days. I want you to please read this verse from Matthew 13:37-38 “He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man the field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,” We also want to say that I will be on holidays in the month of July for 3 weeks. I leave you with much joy wishing you great blessings in each of your activities.

I recently sent him a small photo album with pictures of our trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium back in January. I am so happy to know that he received it and has been enjoying it. The thing that makes me the most happy though is that his whole family knows the word of God. What a blessing that must be for Abner!!

Question for you: Has your sponsored child every asked for a photo of your home?

Capture Your 365

Time to share a few of my Capture Your 365 photos from last week with you…

one flower

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Day 189 – One Flower: You know what this one flower means, fresh zucchini!

an ordinary moment

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Day 191 – An Ordinary Moment: This is my kitchen, meals are prepared here usually three times a day. It doesn’t always look this neat and organized, people do live here and we do make messes.

on the street

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Day 192 – On The Street: This is the street where we live. That is my son’s truck in the driveway of our home. It is a pretty quiet street and we are so thankful to live here!

stacks

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Day 193 – Stacks: Here is a stack of flannel baby blanket and wash cloth sets I have made recently. As you know, I have been making items and selling them to earn money for our Compassion trip to Mexico in January. See a set here you would like? Be sure to visit my Facebook page and see what else I have for sale!

Questions for you: What did you photograph this past week? What would you consider an ordinary moment in your home?

Compassion’s Photo Scavenger Hunt

Compassion is hosting a fun photo scavenger hunt this month and there are some fun prizes they are giving away if you want to participate! Be sure to pop over to the Compassion blog to read this post which has all the details. The contest runs through the end of July, so you have plenty of time to start looking for those photos and posting them with the hashtag #CompassionHunt.

Here are a couple I have already posted on my Instagram account:

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Church sign: our church hosted a free VBS last week and this was the sign that was outside our church.

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Cow: living in the Central Valley of California, we drive past a lot of dairy farms on our way to one of the ‘big towns’.

Question for you: Do you have an Instagram account? I would love to follow you, so be sure to find me on Instagram or leave your profile name/link in a comment below.

Pray for the teachers and leaders

This week, our church is going all out to share the gospel with kids in our community through a week long Vacation Bible School using Answers in Genesis’ Kingdom Chronicles lessons. I am teaching the 6 through 8 years olds (we had 42 of them today!) and my daughter is helping in the 2 and 3 year old class. We had just over 100 kids arrive today!

As I was sitting home this afternoon, relaxing from a busy morning, I was thinking about the many leaders and teachers in the 26 countries where Compassion is sharing the gospel with kids each and every day. I am thankful for them and the time they spend making sure the kids who attend their centers know about the hope they can have in Jesus.

Question for you: Will you pray for the Compassion leaders and teachers today?