The Watsonian (blog)

Yes, I know this a lit­tle old, but it’s still true.

The great­est gift we can give to Africa and among other areas of the world and our com­mu­ni­ties is life.

So as we cel­e­brate the day that Jesus, the promised Mes­siah, was born, let us remem­ber that our call­ing is not to build store­houses of wealth and riches here, but to bring a lit­tle bit of Heaven here to here right here and now.

Grace and Peace my friends, fam­ily, ene­mies and those who I have yet to meet!

Olivier and I

Meet Olivier.

Olivier lives on the plains of Dimansa in Burk­ina Faso.

Burk­ina Faso is one of the poor­est coun­tries in Africa and in the world.

Olivier is only 8 years old.

Yet, he is respon­si­ble for car­ing for chil­dren and run­ning errands.

Accord­ing to Com­pas­sion, “most of the adults in Dimansa are unem­ployed but some work as sub­sis­tence farm­ers and earn the equiv­a­lent of $35 per month.”

Thanks to Anne Jack­son, I was intro­duced to Olivier today.

And I want to give you the oppor­tu­nity to meet your own Olivier.

Go to compassion.com and spon­sor a child.

Its only $37 a month.

Thats prob­a­bly how much you spend on cof­fee every week from St. Arbucks.

And you can have the plea­sure of meet­ing your own Olivier from around the world.