Compassion steps in…
Children “…they die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.”
Sometimes…Compassion steps in. A young mother and her beautiful daughter in the kitchen of their humble home–in an area of El Salvador that knew nothing but war for more than a decade. These beautiful young ladies are the indirect beneficiaries of Compassion International’s global ministry. Her cousins attend a Compassion project, where they learn about health, basic hygiene and how to keep from getting sick. Simple remedies: brushing teeth, washing hands, boiling water, wearing mosquito repellent. They learn to read and write and teach their family. They glow with the love that is Jesus. She has learned much from her young cousins and now attends church with them each Sunday. In fact, the entire extended family has become involved in their local church…a Compassion church. They say for each child sponsored, twelve lives will be transformed…when Compassion steps in. To reach this family, we traveled by bus on gravel roads, walked across a rope and wood foot-bridge, hiked another quarter of a mile or so up the side of a hill. The family lives in a community of people who moved to this remote location in an attempt to escape the ravages of war. It wasn’t easy then or now…but Compassion stepped in.
Her cousins have not met their sponsors…I wish I could tell them and show them what a difference they are making in the lives of their sponsored children, their family, the community, and how very far $32 a month can go. Please sponsor a child today and watch the miracle grow…when Compassion steps in.
