compassion

Dress a Girl Around the World

by Suzanne Lofgren January 11, 2011

Who We Are and What We Do… We are women from many cities and countries working with Hope4Kids International to serve girls so poor they can only dream of ever owning a new dress. We transform used pillowcases, sheets and donated fabric remnants into dresses any little girl can be proud of. Our pattern is [...]

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27 Sense

by Christine Prueher October 1, 2010
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The gas station came and went. It was too late by the time I had noticed. Thinking deeply had led to flying right past the normal stop. Because the neighborhood has a station on every corner, there was no need to turn around, so I drove on. The day had been filled with decision making [...]

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A Warning, a Wish, and a Woe

by Mariane Holbrook September 10, 2010
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She lies in her crib through no fault of her own, A girl of eight months, so they say. No blanket or pillow to cuddle up to, And this goes on day after day. For she is an orphan with no one to care; A nurse keeps her barely alive. The porridge they give her [...]

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Stretch Out

by Mary C. Catterton May 3, 2009
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One special Sabbath, traveling through a field, Jesus and His hungry and tired followers stretched out their hands, plucked and ate some of the ripened heads of grain. “Look!” noticed a nearby band of Pharisees. “Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath” (Mathew 12:1-14). This twisting of the facts was a frequent [...]

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A Family Mission—Do You Have One?

by Maren Stowman October 5, 2008
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For my parents, sisters, and me, it started when we made it a family project to put together a CarePack of school supplies destined for the Former Soviet Union several years ago. Though still a young teen, I read the mailings carefully and wanted to be a bigger part of the ministry. While I dreamed [...]

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