Will you make a difference?

This is a pretty powerful 4 minute video. Would you watch it, share it with your spouse, and consider being a Compassion child sponsor along with our family?  (If you get my blog posts by email, click here to watch the video.)True Religion from Christian Alliance...

Another Compassion thought

This is from a reader about Compassion, International. I thought her words were meant to be shared with more than me so I asked her permission to share them with you!Jill,I am so glad that you talked about your trip to El Salvador again and how it changed your life. I...

The Compassion International Team

Several years ago Compassion International contacted Hearts at Home to inquire about becoming a ministry partner. We determined to spend a couple of weeks praying about the possibility. During those two weeks I had a dream that I will never forget. This was the first...

Compassion International trip follow up: Do you have enough?

This week I’ve definitely looked at the world through a different lens. After spending a week seeing such poverty and now being back home in my comfortable home and comfortable bed, it’s been hard to wrap my mind around it all.One of our trip leaders said...

Compassion International El Salvador Trip — We’re Home!

We’re home! We all arrived safely home on Friday evening. I was most happy to brush my teeth with tap water instead of bottled water and to actually be able to sit on a toilet seat! Yes, most of the bathrooms had no toilet seats!I promised to post pics from our...

Compassion International El Salvador Day 4

This is a quick post to say all is well. We’ve been going non-stop all day and Erica hasn’t had time to download the photos we took today so I can’t post new pics. But I promise to do so when we get home. We have to leave the hotel at 4am so...

Compassion International El Salvador Trip Day 3

Today was a day of a wide range of emotions. When we arrived at the Project today the children greeted us with signs, song, and music. The Compassion project gives them the ability to learn how to play instruments! After a program by the children, we began to interact...

Compassion International El Salvador Trip Day 2

I will forever be changed after today.I have never seen such poverty in my entire life. I don’t know that I can even explain what I have seen and experienced. Entire families live in a room the size of my master bathroom. They have so little, yet those with...

We’ve Arrived!

The Hearts at Home Compassion Team L-R: Megan Kaeb, Erica Savage, Jill Savage, Anne (Savage) McClane, Kathy HarperWe’ve arrived in El Salvador! I can’t say it’s been uneventful, however. Right now our luggage is lost, but they believe they’ve...

A Unique Opportunity

One week from today, two Hearts at Home team members and my two daughters and I will have a unique opportunity. We will be traveling with Compassion, International to the country of El Salvador. For the past few years Hearts at Home has partnered with Compassion,...