Showing posts with label Uganda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Uganda. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Wow

I have just spent the morning living vicariously through someone else's mission trip. As if it's not hard enough to learn everyone's names and faces (together, correctly) on your own trip (where you at least already know yourself—kind of)—try to start from scratch on someone else's trip! It's tough. Compassion has sent bloggers to Uganda. They are there seeing the work Compassion does and then sharing it on their blogs. Please join me in following their journey, praying for them and if you can, sponsoring a child. Just reading their blogs, looking at their pictures and watching their videos makes me "homesick" for Africa. I can see the faces, feel the air and smell Africa through their blogs. This is a good thing they're doing. We were challenged at Apex last night by Shane Claiborne to evaluate what we are doing for "the least of these." This is an excellent way to start! Here are Compassion's bloggers:

Carlos Whittaker

Chris Elrod

Doug Van Pelt

Heather Whittaker

Phil Ware

Randy Elrod

Shaun Groves

Sophie "BooMama"

Anne Jackson

Shannon "RocksInMyDryer"

David Kuo

Tom Emmons

Spence Smith

Keely Scott

Brian Seay

Stop in and let them know what a great thing they're doing and that you're praying for them. Better yet, share your Compassion story if you have one.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Blogging missionaries

You all need to check out what Compassion is doing! They are sending 10 bloggers to Uganda on a mission's trip to blog about it! How cool is that! I would love to go on something like that some day. Its two-fold amazing-to see firsthand what Compassion is doing there and to get to write about it. What a blessing and an opportunity. I would love to go back to Africa like that. Bookmark this page and check back in February to keep up on their trip. I can't wait.