Compassion

One day when we were in Ecuador, our friend who works for Compassion International, Spence, came to show us a Compassion project. When we got there, they were having a kindergarten graduation which Brock did a few tricks at. Then, we took a group picture with them. However, the mothers of the little graduates wanted a picture with us and their children only. We took picture after picture until our translator had to pull us away because we were going to run out of time.

Then, we toured the project. It was amazing! They are changing people's lives. At the project, they are given additional schooling, a couple of meals a day, and medical bills are taken care of. They have over 450 students enrolled in the program. 80 of them do not have a sponsor, but that doesn't mean that they are kicked out of the program. The Unsponsored Children's fund takes care of them until someone actually steps in and sponsors them. They also have a program which helps the mother and child beginning during the actual pregnancy. We were very impressed with what they were doing. Since this particular project began over 20 years ago, the drug use in the neighborhood has all but disintegrated.

Then, we went to two houses. The houses were more like a room in buildings that looked like they were abandoned. However, both families seemed very content and proud to have us in their home. One of the mothers said that she was emotional because she had wanted the Compassion people to visit her in her home for a long time now. The other family stole our heart. I'll have to tell you more about them later.

This day was a highlight of our trip. If you aren't involved in Compassion International, I highly recommend it. Email me at aunygill@yahoo.com if you would like more information on it.


This is the street that the Compassion project is on.


Brock performing for the graduation.


A picture with the graduates.


We took about 100 more pictures like this...it was cute!


This was a boy that was involved in Compassion while he was still in the womb.


Lunch at Compassion


One of the houses we went to


This is where they actually live.


They were so cute as they danced for us!


This was the lady who got emotional when we came to visit.


This was the way you got into her one bedroom place. Brock could barely squeeze in.