What are you doing tomorrow night?
Wanna go to a concert?
Wanna help some people in Haiti?

How ’bout do both? Compassion is hosting Help Haiti LIVE tomorrow night (February 27) 7:30CT. There are tons of performers: Big Kenny, Alison Krauss with Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Jars of Clay, Mat Kearney, Jon Foreman, Matt Wertz, Brandon Heath, [...]

I know you’ve heard about the earthquake in Haiti. I have to admit that when I hear about devastation far far away, I tend to think of it as FAR FAR away. It’s hard for me to imagine horrible things happening to real people. It’s hard for me to imagine normal stuff happening to normal [...]

There is a Compassion Bloggers trip in El Salvador right now. Oh, it makes my heart hurt (in the best way!) to read their stories and see their pictures. I just love Compassion. I love that they send bloggers to open up the world to those of us sitting at home.
Please follow their blogs this [...]

In keeping with my one-word New Year’s Resolution, I want to do MORE for our Compassion kids, Alizeta and Rasmane. (Have I told you about Rasmane? Oh, he’s so cute. After Asa was born, we decided to support a little boy, too. We chose Rasmane because he goes to the same “church” as Alizeta. So, [...]

Nope, not the one in my tummy. (Still haven’t had the first ultrasound. I go next week.) We got our Compassion girl. I don’t even want to think about how I posted about sponsoring a kid over two weeks ago and I went to a spa and a cruise in between…
Anyway, yesterday Les, Lydia and [...]

I usually keep up to date with Shannon from Rocks in My Dryer and Sophie aka Boomama. And I knew (and was insanely jealous) that they were going to Uganda with Compassion International. Live blogging about the lives of children who need love and Jesus? That’s my kinda gig.
For whatever reason, I missed out on [...]