15 Years of Compassion
Overflow Youth Ministry recently received a “Happy Anniversary” card from Compassion International. Compassion serves over 2.2 million children in 29 countries. They impact these families in poverty through physical, emotional and spiritual care provided through local churches. Our youth group began sponsoring two children through Compassion in May of 2010. Yoel was 6 years old at the time and lives in Indonesia. Myldred was 8 at the time and lives in Ecuador. For the past several years we have been sponsoring Nelson (15 years old) and Sofia (15 years old) in Honduras. Although we were not able to meet them during our mission trip to Honduras in 2023, they were a huge inspiration for our trip. Compassion informed us that over the years we have sponsored 6 children. In addition to our monthly support, we have also sent 41 financial gifts for special occasions like birthdays and Christmas. We have also exchanged 155 letters between our group and our sponsored children. Our students enjoy hearing the letters and seeing the updated pictures of our Compassion kids. We collect for Compassion on the first Sunday of each month in youth group. In 15 years, no money from our youth budget has ever been used to sponsor our Compassion kids. Our students have been faithfully committed to making this happen. They either bring in money on the first Sunday of the month or donate using this link. It is exciting to realize that 2 kids have been hearing the Gospel and seeing it lived out through their local churches for 15 years because of our Overflow students. May our faithful support continue for the next 15 years and beyond!
Thanks, Pastor Keith
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