She is an absolutely adorable 5-year old girl living in Indonesia. Heather and I have talked for quite some time about sponsoring a child overseas. Well, yesterday we began sponsoring Indah through Compassion International.
From all that I've heard, Compassion Int. is the most prominent and reputable of the companies out there offering relief to underprivileged children around the world. Meaning, more of the dollars you send through Compassion Int. actually make it to the child instead of in administrative costs.
Heather and I are blessed to be in a position to be able to afford sponsorship, but I think many people don't realize that they are also financially able to do this.
We received our water bill in the mail yesterday. Though it was a bit higher than usual, the monthly costs for sending Indah money to help her grow and learn was roughly half the cost of our water bill.
To put it another way, we pay each month almost three times as much for our cell phones each month. And we don't even have the smart phones with the Wi-fis that get on the internets.
Compassion Int. asks for $38 each month to sponsor one child. How many of us spend that much going out to eat on nights we don't feel like cooking? My guess would be, a lot.
I like Compassion Int. also because of their name. In my theology, God is compassion first and foremost before any other trait can be ascribed to God.
Indah's picture is now on our refrigerator, and we look forward to exchanging letters and communications with her in the future.
If you've ever thought about sponsoring a child, let me encourage you to do so. Click here to view children needing sponsorship right now.
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