Compassion

We left the Dominican Republic at 9:20 a.m. last Friday morning and I finally arrived at the San Antonio airport at 5:45 p.m. after two time changes, six bags of in-flight snak mix (Apparently the airlines can no longer afford the "c" in snack), countless Diet Cokes, and finishing "Such a Pretty Fat" by Jen Lancaster. (Hysterical book, by the way.) P ended up having to be out of town to guide Read More

Clearly I am no longer on the airplane because that would be pure torture considering we left the DR two days ago, but I wrote this on the way home. Then I got home and was nearly assassinated by a huge pile of laundry and forgot all about it. So I'm posting it a little late. Just pretend like I'm not and the world will be a happier place. At the moment I’m writing this I am on the plane Read More

**I thought I set this to post while I was flying home today, but apparently it was a major fail. That's what happens when you take a Benadryl before posting. After we visited another Compassion project yesterday, we went to the market since it was our last day and we all wanted to pick up a few souvenirs to take home. Here are a few things I'll take home with me. A fab amber ring that Read More

I talked about how hard yesterday was in my last post, but it was also my favorite day so far. The kids were so excited to see us and I got a small glimpse of what it must feel like to be Hannah Montana, but without the long blonde hair and legwarmers. I couldn't get enough of them as they climbed all over me while saying, "Mi Americana! Mi Americana!" They were all so precious and I Read More

I am sitting in my hotel room mentally going over the events of the day and I have tears rolling down my cheeks. I’ll be honest, it’s not the first time it’s happened today. On the flight to Miami, I listened to my iPod most of the way. The song “Captivate Us” by Watermark came on and as I listened to the lyrics I felt like I was seeing a glimpse into my week as I listened to Christy Nockels Read More

Today during one of our home visits, we got a little impromptu concert by two of the children. This is Misael and his sister Emily and they are both Compassion children. It was one of the bright spots in a day filled with a lot of heartbreak. I'll be back with more later, but in the meantime if you'd like to sponsor a child you can click here. Read More

We are back at the hotel after a day spent visiting the first of many Compassion projects we’ll see this week. I am not going to lie to y’all and tell you I smell good because I don’t. It was hotter than Houston in August here today and my fellow Texans know what that means. Let me just say it’s not a DRY heat. I’m not sure how I’m ever going to be able to articulate everything I Read More