by JillSavage | Nov 3, 2010 | Faith
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...
by JillSavage | Jun 18, 2009 | Faith, Moms
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...
by JillSavage | Jun 17, 2009 | Faith, Moms
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...
by JillSavage | May 24, 2008 | My Compassion Trip
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...
by JillSavage | May 19, 2008 | My Compassion Trip
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...
by JillSavage | May 16, 2008 | My Compassion Trip
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...
by JillSavage | May 15, 2008 | My Compassion Trip
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...
by JillSavage | May 14, 2008 | My Compassion Trip
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...
by JillSavage | May 12, 2008 | My Compassion Trip
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...
by JillSavage | May 4, 2008 | My Compassion Trip
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,...
