I posted this a couple of weeks ago. Hope that’s ok.

Seaton, you didn’t paste in the link to the post.  You gave us your homepage.  Doh!  Try again.

And thanks VERY much for being first!

I’ve been writing posts all month long.  Should I link to the most recent?

All fixed, Seaton.  THANK YOU!

Link to something about your experience as a sponsor, Amy.  Your best story.  Thanks.

Shaun,
I clicked on my name up above and it came up on the Compassion post, not the main page. Did I do something wrong?

done, perhaps my post is a little unconventional, just trying to be honest

thanks Shaun
Grace & Peace

ally & Cherith

Thanks for your open, honest, sharing this week.  I have felt right there with you and the others.

In Christ,
Carisa

glad to see that you guys are back. it’s been awesome reading this story unfold

OOOPS.... I messed up the technology thingy!  Doh!

thanks - the trip really helped our girls see beyond the “brentwood bubble.”

I’m new to sponsoring with Compassion, so we don’t even have our picture of Juana yet, but we have already sent her our first email.

As soon as we get our packet, I’ll update the blog and share her sweet face with all those who are still reading!

Thanks so, so much for hosting this, Shaun. I have thoroughly enjoyed following y’all through this entire experience.

I’m new too… there will be more on my blog as soon as I get her packet.

After reading the blogs from Uganda, my family decided to sponsor a child.  Thanks for sharing your experience.

Thank you, Shaun, for sharing your trip to Uganda with us. 

Praying for you.

Thomas

shaun...what an engaging way to get your readers into the process of telling their own story.

PLEASE LINK TO YOUR POST ABOUT COMPASSION, NOT YOUR HOME PAGE.  That makes it easier for us to find your story and give it the attention it deserves.

Thanks.

Thanks for going on this trip, Shawn, and for giving other bloggers a place to tell our story of Compassion!

I just posted my Compassion Story.  Our boys are absolutely precious!  I could talk about them all day long.  Thanks for giving us the opportunity to brag on our children.  We’ll add a third this weekend after your visit.

Beth

It has been so awesome to hear your stories about Uganda!  It really opened up my eyes and my heart.  Thanks so much for letting me link to your site and talk all about my precious sponsored child.  I just love to hear all the wonderful stories from other sponsors too!

Sarah

Thank you for sharing your pictures and experiences from Uganda.  They have left a lasting impression.

Being a compassion sponsor has been such a blessing in my life - I am looking forward to the day we can ‘sponsor’ #2, 3, ...

Thank you for your posting and photos - I’m so glad you allowed us to ‘travel’ with you.  I’m excited to travel and meet our child one day in the future too!

Although the immediate impact of this trip seems to have been amazing, I think the residual impact will be affecting many of us for a long, long time.

Thanks for helping make this happen.

I too have been really moved and challenged by all the Bloggers experiences.

boohooo i put my homepage! fixed now i hope

Please link back to this post in your post and ask your readers to tell their stories too.

Thanks for the opportunity to share about this great organization.  Hope you guys had a safe trip home!

Done! I wrote my story last week, but updated the links at the end so it all lines up, even though I really don’t think I have that many readers. Maybe a grand total of 3 or 4 regulars. Which is fine by me. =) You never know who will respond!

Thanks, Shaun!

p.s. I noticed a few fellow commenters that are new to Compassion, like myself. I e-mailed them to ask a few questions about my girl and such, and they sent back answers along with a high-res photo of her! I’m sure they’d do the same for those of you who want to post photos on your blogs!

I posted my story, although I just don’t think there are any words good enough to convey what Compassion has done in my life. I did the best I could for you. God Bless!

Way to go, man.  The stories from you and everyone else were intoxicating.

shaun, thank you so much for what you and the other bloggers have shared with us over the past week.  the stories you’ve brought to us have been inspiring.

thank you for opening our eyes.  i can’t wait to meet our child one day…

What a neat idea!

I’m just about to write it--and have been thinking about writing for awhile.

What a blessing to be able to share this way!
Thank you!!
holly

Great idea! Your trip really had an impact on me. I wrote this post last week but wanted to share it.

Thank you so much for sharing with us and encouraging those of us who’ve dragged our feet to finally sponsor a child.  I’ve just begun, but I can’t wait to write to my little girl and hear back from her. 

Blessings!

Shaun,

Thank you for giving me the shove I needed.  God bless you for your obedience.

You guys are doing a great job!  Keep ‘em coming.  I’m loving reading every one of these posts.

Who’s next?

Today we decided to sponsor a second child. Our first Compassion-child is Brayan, almost 16 years old and throughout our marriage (6,5 years now) we sponsored him. Now, we will let our 4-year old choose a 4-6 year old girl to be our second Compassion-child.

It’s so important to tell our kids that there’s more to life than our very, very comfortable lifes…

Thanks, Shaun! I’ve learned a lot from you and the other Compassion bloggers the last couple of weeks.

OK, mine was posted while you were gone, but here it is!

I am glad to see you guys made it home safely.

How to pick just one child?! Thank you for opening our eyes to Compassion. I followed all of the bloggers for the Uganda trip… amazing!

btw, my internet connection was the worst in Uganda - everyone’s was pretty bad - so there’s a lot I didn’t get to say and show.  It’s all coming this week, even though the trip is “over.” So stay tuned. 

There will be more stories and video and pics from this trip, I promise!

Thanks for sharing your journey!

I wrote my story the Saturday while y’all were gone to Uganda.  There’s also one with my new sponsor child just before the one I linked to.  My heart has been deeply touched and changed forever.
Thank you.

What an awesome idea.

Wish I could’ve gone on this trip with you guys. So good to hear the stories that came out of it.

I’ve written about my trips with Compassion in my latest post, The Privilege.

Thanks Shaun!

I don’t have a blog, but wanted to chime in and let the Uganda Team know that another child has been sponsored because of the trip you all took!

I spent days crying at every post, video and picture your group posted. Then I sat and listened to your message about Compassion.

Cheer for yourselves, because another child has been sponsored. As of Saturday, Joel from Uganda is now a part of my family. He’s already 19, but I wanted an older child since my boys are 21 and 19. I’m waiting for my initial package and I’m so excited!

Awesome, Melissa!  Thanks for posting.

Just added the link to this post, thanks for the reminder.

I’m excited to hear more, I could read about it every day.  Thank you!

number 29 isn’t about compassion...?

I am not a blogger but Shannon and BooMama have inspired and encouraged me. And now you have too.
My 9 year old granddaughter and I sat at the computer this week end and she chose a 9 year old girl in Ethiopia to sponser. She is excited about this and I’m grateful that you guys have given us the opportunity to see how these children live and what Compassion really means. It means compassion.

There you go. Thanks for putting this together.

Wrote this post on Saturday, after discovering the trip blogs.  I’ll go back and edit to add a link to this post to finish up.

This is one of the posts that I wrote during your trip, and a few nights ago edited it to add a pic of our new sponsored boy.  We haven’t received our packet yet, but I’m so excited for it’s arrival!

Hopefully mine works. Thanks so much for opening peoples eyes to this Shaun. This is great. I wrote this tonight, and put it up on here, hoping it would work.
God Bless.
Bryan

I’m looking forward to seeing lots of great Compassion stories!  Thanks for putting this together.
Michael

Sharing our thoughts with others about our Compassion sponsorship is one of the most effective ways as Advocates to encourage others to sponsor as well. It is also a great way to journal the progress and changes that are taking place in a sponsored child’s life. It is so awesome to exchange letters and with each one, see and hear the posative changes taking place in her life. It is awesome that others are gathering together to share. There is so much joy in our life sponsoring Khaterin, from Bolivia.  Being sponsors has become a blessing with priceless value.
Khaterin has been a blessing that words can not express.

God Bless,
Craig and Vonda
Word on the Water Ministries.

I just did something that has filled me with joy and hope.  Thank you for your work and travels in the last week and thank you for the motivation to sponsor one of God’s chilren in Uganda.  It’s a new day in both his life and my family’s.

My husband was in Peru around the time y’all were in Uganda. It is great to see what Compassion is doing around the world.
Blessings,
Kasey Ewing
http://kaseyewing.blogspot.com/

I just got to meet the little girl I sponsor less than a month ago.  It was such a great experience.  I’ll be back in Haiti in April and I will get to hang out with her again.  I love that Compassion gives me the opportunity to not only “give” but to have a relationship with a child.  I truly love this little girl and it’s so exciting to journey through life with her!

I have complete confidence in this organization.  We sponsor two children.

Thanks, and keep spreading the word!

This is a wonderful idea.  I have really enjoyed being a part of Compassion’s ministry and getting to know my adorable sponsored child - Rafaela.  She is as much of a blessing to my life as I am to hers.  Maybe more.  I’m looking forward to meeting her one day.  I love Compassion’s ministry.  I can’t say enough good things about it.  Keep up the good work and keep spreading the word!

I have just posted my last entry.  What a wonderful way to share our stories, maybe make some new friends, and come together as a family.

Keep it up Shaun.

Shaun,

Thanks for the encouragement to sit and remember these experiences with Compassion and the children so deeply loved by the people who are part of this organization.

Alice

Thanks to everyone.  You’re doing a great job telling these stories.  And thanks for linking back to this post so that more stories will be written and linked to.  THANK YOU!

I think I got it right now and added the link back to this site. Thanks for all you are doing.
Kasey Ewing

Thanks everyone for telling your GREAT stories!  Hopefully MANY more kids will be sponsored as a result.  JUST THINK about how many little lives can be changed for the better...with the knowledge that GOD LOVES THEM

Debbie

I think Chris thought she was posting over at Rocks in My Dryer.  That’s funny.  Nothing like a little jet lag to make you forget what blog you are on.  It is a good decorating tip, though.

i have no idea if i linked correctly.  But, i loved reading y’all’s Uganda blogs and linking to them so others would make a move.

I also wrote mine while y’all were on your trip. Thanks for giving us a place to see all the stories!

Glad you’re back safely and I hope this brings in lots of new sponsors.

Thanks for putting this together. I just want to sit and read all the stories but I can only be at the computer for so long before my kids would miss me! My little story is up.

I’m a new sponsor so I don’t really have all that many stories.  Still, I did my best.

I’m sponsoring a child because of your trip. Thanks!

Hi, thanks for this spot to link up to Compassion stories.  I have enjoyed reading all of them.  Thanks also for all the blogging you did in Uganda.  It encouraged me to sponsor a child there in addition to my little girl in Bolivia!

Im new at this being blind so bear with me I have eight children from Compassion and they are all like Grand Children to me . Before i started doing this i had no idea how wonderfull it males you feel. One girl is the closest to my heart her name is Claudia she is only three so she can not send letters but her mother did . it wasso touching how thankfull they are . Norma Jean

One more for you, Shaun. God bless you, mate.

shaun, i know i linked once, but had another to share. a little boy is having surgery in chiang mai, thailand tomorrow.  and a big part of this happening is compassion international.

Ah, maybe I’ll get to the DR this October...Lord willing and the creek don’t rise.