The trip I am now on is the continuation of a story that only God could write. Three years ago I stepped out on faith to visit a young man in India that my daughter had sponsored through Compassion International for nine years. Sathish and...
Thursday Sept 1st, 2016 - From my travel journal in India I Flew from Katmandu to Delhi Today. From Delhi I took the metro train from the airport to the New Delhi train station. Truly a mass of humanity there, rain, horns honking and tons of...
While I was in Ethiopia, a story was published in Compassion International’s magazine about my daughter Christina’s sponsorship of a child in India. Friends have shared it and I am grateful. Now that I have returned, I am sharing it as well and taking the...
One of the compelling reasons for my traveling to India was that Christina traveled there in 2007 while attending college at Samford University. Reflecting on how much she enjoyed exploring India’s culture and experiencing it’s people inspired me to travel there as well. Christina sent...
I love the adventures I had while staying with my friend Binu’s family in southern India. They knew (for reasons I will disclose later) that I was very set on riding a elephant while in India. Try as we might, we were unable to get...
While staying with Binu’s family in India, his brother matthew did a wonderful job of showing me around. I loved traveling with the family to Bhoothathankettu. Bhoothathankettu is a dam and tourist spot in Kerala, India. It is situated outside the village of Pindimana, about...
These are the children who live in the orphanage supported by Kerala Baptist Bible College & Seminary. The stories surrounding their past here in the village of Pathandu, India will break your heart but the love they are experiencing now is Gods grace in action. ...
Friday, January 30th, 2015 Wanting to see more of Chennai India the day after I met with Satish, I took a tour of the city through Story Trails. Our tour was of the temples as well as the forts held by the British during their occupation of India....
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2015 As I left Chennai India for Kochi, it was very hard to say goodbye to Sathish and my heart was bursting to tell the story about my day with him. It was an emotional greeting upon pulling up to the Compassion project where...
10 years ago Christina was 18 and had started her first year at Samford University in Birmingham AL. While attending a Compassion International sponsored concert, Christina followed her heart and made a decision to sponsor 8 year old Satish in India....
