Going deeper with Compassion International!!

So if you've been following my posts, you know that we have been sponsoring our beautiful little Rosa from Peru through Compassion for a few months now.  I honestly can't even begin to describe how much of a blessing this has been to us!  We've already received a letter from her and two very cute drawings and my heart was bursting when they came in the mail.  We've been fortunate enough to be able to send her and her family some extra gifts, including a gift for Rosa's 5th birthday!!  It feels so good to know that we are seriously making a monumental difference in this little girl's life through our sponsorship and gifts.  While this is very rewarding, I knew there had to be more that I could do.  I had to find a way to get involved and find a way to be more effective at getting the word out and raising awareness on child poverty.  Folks, there are kids dying EVERY day as a result of extreme poverty!!  In my search to find a way to serve, I came across a part of Compassion's website called "my advocacy" where I was invited to apply to be a volunteer child advocate.  I was hooked!!  What a great way to spend just a few hours per month on my off time!!  I turned in my application, background check, and got excited!!  I was contacted within a few days by Compassion and scheduled an orientation call.  The call went great and the ideas started rolling around in my head about how to get the word out and do my best to help get more children like Rosa sponsored.  I've completed my initial training and will be getting everything I need to get started within a few days, including specific child packets with the mission of getting those little ones sponsored!  Let me tell you how much it costs to sponsor a child.................$38/month..................yeah, that's all, $38 per month.  Guys and gals, that's literally a couple pizzas for us but to these kids, it's a life changer!!  Let's see, how many ways could we break this down...I already gave you the pizza analogy, how about ONE night out at the movies, ONE dinner at the local Mexican restaurant, less than ONE tank of gas, for you ladies, ONE manicure/pedicure, for some of my good friends out there, just a few Starbucks coffees!!  HAHA (you know who you are!! and yes I know you're sponsoring, just had to use the analogy!!)  The point is that I could go on and on!!  Come on guys, there are people out there who are HURTING, and STARVING and who have NO CLEAN WATER!!  Who are we to NOT try to help out while we sit on our couches eating take out pizza, watching satellite TV and complaining that we don't have enough??  Seriously??  Guys, let's get over ourselves for just a minute and THINK about this.  I'm sorry that I get a little charged up on this but it has really become a passion of mine.  Would you at least consider praying about this?  Just give me a chance to talk to you about it and if you don't want to hear it from me, that's fine.  Check out http://www.compassion.com/ for more info.  Until next time, Jon