Thursday, June 19, 2014

Tony's story COMPASSION

Tony was a man from a different country who came to talk to us about when he was young and how he struggled to survive.

He used to play baseball. He used rolled up socks as a ball and tree branches as the bat. 
At school when the other kids played baseball he sold popcorn to make money for his family so they could buy food. When he was little he wanted to be a firefighter.


Tony's  dad was thanking God for the food and there wasn't any food on the table. Tony had his eyes open just incase a chicken fell down from heaven.  Then someone knocked on their door and gave them green bananas. This meant that they could eat cos there was nothing on their table. 

Tony felt that Jesus wasn't looking after him and then he realised that Jesus did love him and care for him. He learnt this through all of the letters and encouragement from his sponsor family.

Tony is not poor anymore because of his sponsor. Sponsoring a child helps them survive.