A chance meeting and more

This morning we went to the home of a child survival program. This is a program through Compassion International to help children from prenatal to 3 years old survive to make it into their sponsorship program. The home we went to was full of smiles and God. But I could not help noticing the walls of this two room home. We were in the bedroom ( the only other room is a kitchen ). One double bed and a crib for three people. The walls and ceiling were similar to 1/4" lauan plywood. They were patched with cardboard. Cracks were stuffed with newspaper. Intersection of the wall and ceiling was sealed..............with masking tape.

This evening we had dinner with Leadership Development Students. Jonathan, Fanny and Jose. They all have been in a Compassion program most of their lives. And they have dreams.

Big dreams.

Jonathan will have a dgree in mathematics and wants to build his own high school. Fanny is studying graphic design and wants to have her own business and provide good jobs. Jose is studying computer engineering and wants to go to Japan to study artificial intelligence. He wants to develop a computer controlled water distrubution program for the indigenous people of his village.

And another thing about Jose. His sponsor is my friends from RiverTree Christian Church, John and Lucia McLaughlin. Now that is incredible right there. My group came over 3,000 miles to Ecuador and we meet a sponsored student of a person we know!