What’s Going on at Compassion?

What’s Going on at Compassion?

The answer to the title question would be “a lot”.  But rather than answering you myself, I’m going to leave that one up to the kids.  Here are some excerpts from the letters I’ve received.  The ages posted beside the child’s name is the age he/she was at the time of writing, rather than his/her current age.

1. A spiritual retreat was conducted for all the collage children in our hostel. I participated in that. We prayed for all ill people, widows, orphans, those who are in trouble, for our project children and our sponsors. ~ Guguloth, 20, India
2. Every month the project receives letters from sponsors, every first week of the month. ~ Clara, 14, Philippines
3. In our project we have learned about how to be respectful of our parents. ~ Atta Kuma, 14, Ghana
4. I'm glad to get nutritious food at the project. ~ Pince, 13, Indonesia
5. At the project I've learned to be clean, to take care of my body, and to not be abused. ~ Genoveva, 7, Ecuador
6. The student center and church moved to a rented house for one year because they are building a new church and a Student Centre. I am praying that they may finish soon. ~ Keila, 12, Bolivia
7. I have made so many friends in the centre. The main thing is that I have come to know Jesus after joining the centre. ~ Kajal, 10, India
8. At the centre we learn how to draw, sing and paint. We eat a delicious lunch of apples, grapes and ice cream. ~ Franklin, 6, Honduras
9. At the project I have learned the story of Moses ~ Atta Kuma, 13, Ghana
10. At the project I learnt some skills like making necklaces. We learnt about helping others and even reading the bible. ~ Zaina, 13, Uganda
11. We celebrated Independence Day at our centre in August. ~ Kajal, 12, India
12. Franklin wants to tell you that the project took him to a museum for children and to the planetarium and he was very excited. It was fun and he experienced new things. In the museum they taught how many bones the body has and they also taught him how to brush his teeth. ~ Franklin, 6, Honduras
13. Our year-end project meeting was very good. Really God blessed me on that day and there was a fasting prayer in our church for 1 week. ~ Eby, 12, India
14. Franklin says that in the project they had a medical check done and he is really good. They gave him vitamins and a de-parasite treatment. ~ Franklin, 7, Honduras
15. We received a suitcase and notebooks from the centre. ~ Kajal, 11, India
16. We went for three days to camp Kottayam with Compassion. We enjoyed that camp very much. The theme of the camp was “Choices”. We studied songs, actions songs, and bible quizzes. That camp was very helpful to my life. ~ Eby, 12, India
17. My dental check up at the project was the first dental check up I have had. ~ Naomi, 7, Ghana
18. I have been writing stories in my former C.D.C (Child Development Center) newsletter but this year I was the editor. ~ Epher, 23, Kenya (LDP Student)
19. I received new shoes from the project. ~ Kajal, 10, India
20. Sometimes we get egg curry at the project. ~ Eby, 13, India
21. Right now I am learning at the Compassion project that the Lord came in this world to be born in a manger in order to give us eternal life. ~ Estevenson, 13, Haiti
22. At our centre we have our Christmas party in the swimming pool. ~ Clara, 12, Philippines
23. We had a four-day convention in my project. It was a huge blessing. ~ Eby, 11, India
24. Our Compassion project conducted a Central Cluster Sports Meet from the 14th -16th of January. Our project children participated in the games and sports and won many prizes. The overall championship trophy was won by our project. ~ Guguloth, 19, India
25. I like attending the project because the activities are interesting. I learn to colour pictures. Sister Sari is my mentor. She's very nice and fun. My younger sibling is also diligent in attending. ~ Cris, 11, Indonesia
26. At the project we will have a camp and it will be very fun. ~ Keila, 11, Bolivia
27. We celebrated our Christmas nicely in our centre on the 22nd of December. ~ Kajal, 13, India
28. My activity at the project is very interesting. I'm learning the skill of handicraft, making things from various kind of used things. ~ Cris, 11, Indonesia
29. In our centre we had missionary visitors from Nigeria, USA and Vietnam. They are all friendly and they taught us songs with actions. They stayed in our church for almost 2 weeks. They taught us encouragement and how to serve God. ~ Clara, 14, Philippines
30. The Compassion National soccer Tournament which was held in Embu was very interesting. All the players from the Child Development Centers came to compete. I played in L.D.P Team. We played against our L.D.P staff and committee. We managed to beat them two goals to nil respectively. This was a precious moment to interact with our lovely staff. ~ Epher, 23, Kenya (LDP Student)
31. In our centre, the first Friday of every month is a special Devotion Day. ~ Kajal, 10, India
32. Here at the project our tutors teach us to be responsible at school. ~ Keila, 11, Bolivia
33. At the project I have learned to make frames from used wallpaper. ~ Cris, 12, Indonesia
34. Here at the project we had a beautiful celebration for Father's Day and I gave my dad a beautiful wallet. ~ Caua, 10, Brazil
35. Franklin wants to tell you that they celebrated Child's Day at the project and he liked it very much because he had ice cream, food and they sang a song and broke piñatas. ~ Franklin, 7, Honduras
36. At the project we just got uniforms and all of us have to wear the uniform to enter the project. ~ Pince, 13, Indonesia
37. I have moved a step in God’s ministry. In my December holidays some LDP student and I went to Embu to spread love and gospel of God. Moreover, we proceeded to Kitui where we interacted with child development center children (CDC).The compassion project that hosted me was young. The eldest children were in class 8. I had the privilege of informing the church, church partnership committee (CPC) and the church council more about LDP and compassion in general. I shared my testimony and they marvelled on what God can do through compassion. Compassion is a precious gift to me. ~ Epher, 23, Kenya (LDP Student)
38. At the project we are learning some activities like making sweaters, mats, necklaces and others. I am in sweater making and I can make a mat.  ~ Zaina, 13, Uganda
39. Last July we had our Nutrition Month at the project. We had a parade and we bring a hat with a fruits and vegetable chart. Then in August we had our Filipino month. Everyone must wear a Filipino costume and whoever had the best costume wins a prize. I also joined the Folk Dance at the end of the Filipino month. ~ Clara, 12, Philippines
40. The 2013 L.D.P conference was of great impact to me. The theme was from Daniel 1:8; Stand Firm. It was brought to my knowledge that if I stand firm, God will come to my rescue in the midst of trial. ~ Epher, 23, Kenya (LDP Student)
41. Here in the Compassion project we are memorizing scriptures. We sing beautiful songs. ~ Keila, 11, Bolivia
42. VBS will be conducted in our center in June. ~ Kajal, 12, India
43. At the project I am learning to pray, to take baths, to brush my teeth and to be obedient. ~ Genoveva, 7, Ecuador
44. Naomi learnt a story about Joseph at the project. ~ Naomi, 6, Ghana
45. I have learned a lot in the project, like how to bake cakes, and the teacher always teaches me on the importance of cleanliness. ~ Irene, 10, Kenya
46. A few days back there was a two-day long medical camp organized at our centre. All the children were nicely examined by the doctors. Children who were unhealthy were given medicines. ~ Kajal, 10, India
47. I participated in a special dinner that was organized at the project, which was very nice with delicious food. ~ Keila, 11, Bolivia
48. We have activities at the center like SportsFest. We enjoyed many sports. ~ Clara, 13, Philippines
49. We have received notebooks and a mosquito net from the centre ~ Kajal, 11, India
50. In an LDP conference I learned about Emotional intelligence. As a leader there is need to control anger. By doing that you look wise and knowledgeable even if you are not. Ha ha ~ Epher, 23, Kenya (LDP Student)

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