Compassion International Archives - Page 7 of 10

Here and there…

by Robin | May 4, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Personal

I suppose it's no surprise that a piece of me is still in Kolkata… …but I'm kind of surprised with a thousand stories left to tell, today I've had few words. I suppose that will come with time, but for now, thank you for investing the...

Revelation

by Robin | May 1, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Faith, Personal, Photos, Raves & Rants

I'm standing in the shower while a perpetual army of water soldiers fights off the day's sweat and filth and emotion when I notice the shelf in front of me. I mentally tick off seven miniature bottles whose purpose is to clean, condition, soften and...

Date night

by Robin | Apr 30, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International

The Compassion Bloggers' India team will host a live chat with video feed Thursday night (tonight for y'all, tomorrow for us!) at 10:00 p.m. CST. If you're interested in what's been happening "in between the lines", please make plans...

Into the marrow

by Robin | Apr 30, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International

She will haunt me, this I know."I am happy," she says, and she means it. Even if she did not speak those words, her countenance belies this simple truth: She is happy. Kiran invited us to her home today, a 4' x 6' shoebox in the heart...

What’s “not fair” to you…?

by Robin | Apr 29, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International

I loved sharing pictures with you from Wednesday's visit to a Compassion Child Survival Program, but please click over to 5 Minutes for Mom to read my thoughts in response. I hope you'll add your two cents–it's one of those posts that's...

Village people

by Robin | Apr 29, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Photos

Seeing my life flash before my eyes has become routine in Calcutta; after a 90-minute, harrowing, honk-accompanied bus-transferring-to-rickshaw ride, we reached our rural destination, one of Compassion International's Child Survival Programs. Because...