Tuesday, June 30, 2009
JAMES.2:15-16
IF A BROTHER OR SISTER IS POORLY CLOTHED AND LACKING IN DAILY FOOD, AND ONE OF YOUR SAYS TO THEM, "GO IN PEACE, BE WARMED AND FILLED," WITHOUT GIVING THEM THE THINGS THEY NEEDED FOR THE BODY, WHAT GOOD IS THAT?
WHAT.LED.TO.MY.SPONSORSHIP
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY FOND OF CHILDREN. AS A CHILD, MY DEEP INTEREST IN CHILDREN LED TO A HUGE COLLECTION OF DOLLS AND BARBIES WHICH CAME WITH BABIES AND KIDS OF OTHER AGES. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, MY CATS EVEN BECAME LIKE CHILDREN WHEN I DRESSED THEM UP IN DOLL CLOTHES. CHILDREN HAVE JUST ALWAYS BEEN AN INTEREST OF MINE.
AS I GREW OLDER THIS INTEREST IN CHILDREN BEGAN TO GROW EVEN DEEPER UNTIL IT BECAME WHAT I'LL REFER TO AS A PASSION OF MINE.
IT WAS DURING MY SOPHOMORE YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL THAT I DECIDED THAT THE CAREER I WANTED TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE DOING WAS A PEDIATRIC NURSE. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE BETTER THAN GETTING TO WORK WITH CHILDREN AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEM FEEL ALL BETTER AT THE SAME TIME?
I'M NOW TRYING TO FINISH UP MY COLLEGE CAREER IN MY BSN PROGRAM (BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING). I CANNOT WAIT TO BE DONE SO THAT I CAN FINALLY GET OUT THERE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF SICK CHILDREN. NOT ONLY WILL I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEM PHYSICALLY BETTER, BUT I WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM WHO JESUS IS THROUGH MY ATTITUDE AND ACTIONS TOWARD THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO EVEN SPEAK FOR SOMEONE TO NOTICE THAT JESUS IS PRESENT IN YOUR LIFE.
I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL WHEN A GROUP PRESENTED IT AT MY COLLEGE. AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO MY HEART HAD THIS DEEP ACHE FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHO WERE SUFFERING. THOSE CHILDREN WERE SUFFERING NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE LIVING LIVES OF POVERTY, MALNUTRITION, AND LACK OF EDUCATION, BUT BECAUSE THEY LACKED HOPE.
HOPE COMES FROM GOD IF ONLY WE BELIEVE. THESE CHILDREN NEED JESUS TO GIVE THEM HOPE, AND THEY NEED SOMEONE WHO WILL SHOW THEM THEY ARE LOVED AND SOMEONE WHO WILL ENCOURAGE THEM AND SOMEONE WHO WILL SUPPORT THEM BY REMINDING THEM WHO GOD IS AND HE LOVES THEM. THESE CHILDREN NEED SOMEONE TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY CAN HAVE HOPE BECAUSE GOD IS PRESENT IN THEIR LIVES AND HE IS ON THEIR SIDE FIGHTING THE FIGHT JUST FOR THEM.
AS I GREW OLDER THIS INTEREST IN CHILDREN BEGAN TO GROW EVEN DEEPER UNTIL IT BECAME WHAT I'LL REFER TO AS A PASSION OF MINE.
IT WAS DURING MY SOPHOMORE YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL THAT I DECIDED THAT THE CAREER I WANTED TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE DOING WAS A PEDIATRIC NURSE. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE BETTER THAN GETTING TO WORK WITH CHILDREN AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEM FEEL ALL BETTER AT THE SAME TIME?
I'M NOW TRYING TO FINISH UP MY COLLEGE CAREER IN MY BSN PROGRAM (BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING). I CANNOT WAIT TO BE DONE SO THAT I CAN FINALLY GET OUT THERE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF SICK CHILDREN. NOT ONLY WILL I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEM PHYSICALLY BETTER, BUT I WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM WHO JESUS IS THROUGH MY ATTITUDE AND ACTIONS TOWARD THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO EVEN SPEAK FOR SOMEONE TO NOTICE THAT JESUS IS PRESENT IN YOUR LIFE.
I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL WHEN A GROUP PRESENTED IT AT MY COLLEGE. AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO MY HEART HAD THIS DEEP ACHE FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHO WERE SUFFERING. THOSE CHILDREN WERE SUFFERING NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE LIVING LIVES OF POVERTY, MALNUTRITION, AND LACK OF EDUCATION, BUT BECAUSE THEY LACKED HOPE.
MAY THE GOD OF HOPE FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING, SO THAT BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT YOU MAY ABOUND IN HOPE. -ROMANS 15:13
HOPE COMES FROM GOD IF ONLY WE BELIEVE. THESE CHILDREN NEED JESUS TO GIVE THEM HOPE, AND THEY NEED SOMEONE WHO WILL SHOW THEM THEY ARE LOVED AND SOMEONE WHO WILL ENCOURAGE THEM AND SOMEONE WHO WILL SUPPORT THEM BY REMINDING THEM WHO GOD IS AND HE LOVES THEM. THESE CHILDREN NEED SOMEONE TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY CAN HAVE HOPE BECAUSE GOD IS PRESENT IN THEIR LIVES AND HE IS ON THEIR SIDE FIGHTING THE FIGHT JUST FOR THEM.
PRAYER.OF.PRAISE
ALTHOUGH DENGUE FEVER CONTINUES TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT BOLIVIA, WE PRAISE GOD THAT ALL 287 COMPASSION-ASSISTED CHILDREN WHO WERE TREATED FOR THE DISEASE HAVE FULLY RECOVERED!
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