Wow I apologize for the blog silence - yet again. I have a lot of updates to give!
First of all - (I don't want to make excuses) but I would like to share a little more about myself and hopefully you can extend some grace as to why I don't update my blog as often as I would like to.
1. I am a full-time college student. I'm taking like 23 credit hours or something ridiculous and most of my life is taken over by lots and lots and lots of reading.
2. I have two work study jobs and work about 12 hours per week. I work for one of my professors and I am a writing tutor.
3. I am a musician. I play trombone and I'm involved in various ensembles on campus so when I'm not in class or at work, I'm probably in a rehearsal.
4. When I'm not doing one of those three things I do things for fun like write or knit or watch a movie or laugh with my roommates so blogging sometimes gets put on the back burner.
So major updates and things that are coming on the blog this week:
1. I got my first letter from Melany!!
2. Isadora's birthday is coming up and I made her an awesome pop-up card. (I'll show you how).
3. Sent my monthly letters out at the end of last week so I'll post that prompt.
4. Next month I have two Compassion events that I'm super excited about.
5. I just got an email about a really cool event next month that I want to learn more about and then I'll share!
Happy Monday :)
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Monday, February 4, 2013
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Melany knows my name!
Today is an exciting day for me because I received an email from Compassion informing me of an important event in Melany's life - that she was recently told she has a sponsor and she knows my name! Therefore I should be receiving my first letter from her shortly! *cheer*
I was also provided the link to this great blog post that explains how the children learn they have a sponsor. I had no idea it was such a long process!
1. Melany's parents signed her up to be in the project.
2. Staff in the Columbia country office and her local church partner pray for her and that she finds a sponsor.
3. I see her adorable picture and sign up to sponsor her at an event.
4. My information is mailed to the Compassion offices in Colorado.
5. They process my information.
6. The Communications Department in Columbia receives a list of new children that have sponsors.
7. That department prints the list out and gives each child an age-appropriate letter template and puts this in "pigeon holes" for each project in the country.
8. The individual center workers then visit the country office to pick up this information and take it back to the center to inform Melany and her family.
9. The center worker files the information at the project.
10. The center worker goes to Melany's home to inform her and her family of this great news!
It might look something like this:
11. The center worker then gathers information about the family so Melany can write her first letter to me (which will probably be written on behalf of her by a center worker because she is so young).
We can talk about the journey letters take another time.
It's cool to think that this is happening right now all over the world and it just happened for this sweet little girl! Can't wait to get my first letter from her and from Melina!
I was also provided the link to this great blog post that explains how the children learn they have a sponsor. I had no idea it was such a long process!
1. Melany's parents signed her up to be in the project.
2. Staff in the Columbia country office and her local church partner pray for her and that she finds a sponsor.
3. I see her adorable picture and sign up to sponsor her at an event.
4. My information is mailed to the Compassion offices in Colorado.
5. They process my information.
6. The Communications Department in Columbia receives a list of new children that have sponsors.
7. That department prints the list out and gives each child an age-appropriate letter template and puts this in "pigeon holes" for each project in the country.
8. The individual center workers then visit the country office to pick up this information and take it back to the center to inform Melany and her family.
9. The center worker files the information at the project.
10. The center worker goes to Melany's home to inform her and her family of this great news!
It might look something like this:
We can talk about the journey letters take another time.
It's cool to think that this is happening right now all over the world and it just happened for this sweet little girl! Can't wait to get my first letter from her and from Melina!
Monday, November 5, 2012
Cool Things in November
This is going to be a big Compassion month for me and I'm so excited. I'm finally going to work at my first Compassion event and do my first Compassion presentation. I'm a little nervous (especially about the second) but I'm tremendously excited for both experiences.
First, this weekend I'm going to be volunteering at a concert that supports Compassion and will most likely be working at the magical table with the packets and signing people up to sponsor their first child. I've always wanted to do that!
Second, I was asked to speak at my college's Wednesday night church service at the end of the month and I will be talking about Compassion. I've never formerly talked about Compassion in front of a large group before so I'm a little nervous but I think it will be a great opportunity to bring Compassion to my campus!
If you would, please keep me and both of these events in your prayers.
Love & Peace
First, this weekend I'm going to be volunteering at a concert that supports Compassion and will most likely be working at the magical table with the packets and signing people up to sponsor their first child. I've always wanted to do that!
Second, I was asked to speak at my college's Wednesday night church service at the end of the month and I will be talking about Compassion. I've never formerly talked about Compassion in front of a large group before so I'm a little nervous but I think it will be a great opportunity to bring Compassion to my campus!
If you would, please keep me and both of these events in your prayers.
Love & Peace
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