Jessica and Guy Goddard are our small group leaders. For the Goddard’s childsponsorship is a family affair! The Goddard Family…It really started in El Salvador By: Jessica Goddard Guy and I met on a mission trip to Guatemala where we had the amazing opportunity to visit and help construct a student center where children were…
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Heather’s Story…
Today we hear from my friend Heather Algar. I decided to sponsor a child during my mission trip to SE Asia because of the children. Not only did the children we met adore their sponsors, they truly benefited from and enjoyed the experience that was made possible for them. Denis is my sponsor child. I…
Angel’s Story…
My good friend Angel traveled with us to SE Asia last fall and sponsored a little girl there through Compassion International. I asked if she would mind sharing her experiences as a child sponsor here at My Living Canvas, and she agreed and the article is posted in its entirety below. Angel is an excellent…
Whats Happening in Brazil
I have posted about Guatemala earlier this week, and more stories will come later this month about my friend’s experiences with child sponsorship there. Today I want to talk about Brazil. We visited a Compassion project there in 2004. The town was called Contagam, it was inland, in the Minas Gerais Provence near Belo Horizonte,…
Powerful Prayers Needed
If you are a praying person, I urge you to consider lifting up prayer needs recorded on this web site link. If you are not a praying person, I still urge you to visit this link and learn about how prayer effects change, all you have to do is believe. “I tell you the truth,…
The Unsponsored Child…
Child sponsorship is an amazing way to make a lasting impact on the life of a child and their family in Jesus’ name. On the flip side, the sad reality is that not every child gets sponsored. In previous posts, I’ve talked about my buddy Diego in Guatemala. Diego touched my heart in so many…
What Does Child Sponsorship Look Like?
In 2003 I feel in Love with Guatemala. Some people find it very strange to hear me say this and I have oft been accused of romanticizing my experience there. However, I cannot deny that something about this country captured my heart from the first moment we landed in Guatemala City. We traveled by bus…
Child Sponsorship Week
Today kicks off child sponsorship week here at My Living Canvas. I have sponsored children through Compassion International since 2003 and I have visited three Compassion projects in Guatemala, Brazil, and Indonesia. My husband sponsored a child from Thailand in 2004 and we are about to receive our third sponsor child from Indonesia later this…
Does God Answer Prayers?
If you have ever wondered if God is a prayer hearing, a prayer answering, and wonder working God… look through the photos of tornado damage at my alma mater and understand that, out of more than 1200 students who live on campus, no one lost their life in this storm and less than 10 were seriously…
Tragedy Strikes Again… what is going on???
UNION UNIVERSITY HIT BY TORNADOS Mens’ and Womens’ Dorms are Destroyed Click here for CNN Coverage. Click here for updates from Union University Staff. Please pray from my alma mater, Union University in Jackson, TN. I graduated from Union in 1999 and I woke up this morning to learn that tornados ripped…
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