“Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.” ~ Jackson Brown
This will be my last post about the Africa trip…at least for a while! I had videos on my phone that it’s taken me a while to get to my computer, but I wanted to share them with you! These short videos (each is only 30 seconds or so) capture the African...
Want to know the best way to let go of control? Leave the country. Yep, hop a plane to the other side of the world and you can’t do a thing about anything back home. Don’t worry, your kids will survive and so will your husband. They won’t eat the...
I’ve been burdened lately with my lack of self-control…especially with my eating. I don’t stop when I should stop. I don’t resist where I should resist. I poured my heart out to God about it yesterday and he reminded me of the fruits of the...
His eyes sparkled. He smiled ear to ear. When we told him we were friends of his sponsor (she’s a Hearts at Home mom) and that we had come to visit him and bring him gifts, he lit up. Ombeni is 17 years old. He lived in a mud and stick house in a small...
We pulled up by the church we were to visit. Immediately, over 40 women, all with a baby in their arms or on their back, cheered loudly and ran out the door to greet us warmly. We are heroes to them because we represent the help they’ve been given during their...
Letters. They are a core component of the Compassion sponsor/child relationship. When we visited Theresia on Saturday, she had a 9×12 manila envelope, damp from the stick and mud home she lived in, full of every letter and every picture we sent her over the...
His name is Topiko. His sponsor is Keli. Two hearts knit together through child sponsorship. Two lives changed forever. Keli decided to sponsor Topiko at a Hearts at Home conference. Her family has prayed for him, written to him, and sponsored him for just $38 a...
Yesterday we went to church in Tanzania. No, let me rephase that….we went to CHUUUUUURCH! This folks know how to celebrate God! Here’s a brief video of what we experienced: Church in Tanzania We also had to say goodbye to Theresia. That broke my heart,...
She’s a beautiful woman now. When we began sponsoring her, we believed in her possibility and we hoped for her future. Today hope and a future are reality. Theresia, now 22, is changing her world. Where do I even begin to share about all that has transpired...
