Tag Archives: Bolivia Bloggers

The fatherless epidemic

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Matthew Paul Turner in Stories

Today’s post comes from World Vision blogger Matthew Paul Turner, who traveled to Bolivia on our blogger trip last August to experience the work of World Vision and the impact of child sponsorship. Here, he shares one of his encounters from that trip — and how it changed his perspective on the idea of fatherhood....

Experiments in empathy — a new year’s resolution

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Elizabeth Esther in Stories

Experiments in empathy | World Vision blog

My 4-year-old twins love to play “pretend house” — especially if I play along as their baby. “You has to take a nap, OK, baby?” Jorie said to me. Obediently, I climbed into her crib. She piled blankets, stuffed animals, and dolls on top of me. “Now go to sleep wif no more talking!” Jorie commanded in a voice that sounded spookily like my own. I pretended to cry. The twins chuckled. “Baby, go to sleep!” Jasiel commanded. “NO!” I shouted. The twins burst into laughter. I kicked my feet and pouted. Jasiel fell to the floor she was laughing so hard. They rolled around for a minute until I announced I was scared of the dark. Jorie stood up...

What I don’t want for Christmas | Blog 3 of the 12 blogs of Christmas

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Joy Bennett in Conversations

Day 3 | World Vision's 12 blogs of Christmas

In today’s world, Twitter, Skype, and email have become the most common means of communication. So an old-fashioned handwritten note is particularly endearing. When I received Joy’s submission for our 12 blogs of Christmas project, I was pleasantly surprised that it was crafted on a yellow note pad, in neat cursive, purposefully handwritten. And, as I would expect from Joy, straight from her heart. -Lindsey Talerico-Hedren, managing editor for the WV blog...

GIVEAWAY: Win a new t-shirt from GIVEN, inspired by World Vision!

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Lindsey Talerico-Hedren in Conversations

Win a t-shirt from GIVEN, inspired by World Vision | World Vision Blog

Our Bolivia bloggers team is having a little fun this week. We’re giving our readers the chance to win a brand-new t-shirt from GIVEN, the new clothing line inspired by World Vision. The GIVEN apparel line was founded on this belief: Our capacity to GIVE is directly related to our acceptance of what Jesus has first GIVEN us. When we fully embrace this concept and fully realize that all we have has first been GIVEN to us, our passion for GIVING to others grows. No matter what your job is, no matter what your talent is, there is a place for you to serve and to GIVE to others. Here’s what you need to do to win: How does what’s...

Confessions of a sponsorship skeptic

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Rachel Held Evans in Child Sponsorship

I confess that, until recently, the first thing that came to my mind when someone mentioned child sponsorship was Sally Struthers kneeling next to an emaciated African child, mascara running down her face, telling the TV that “if you can just save one life, won’t it be worth it?” As passionate as I was about social justice and alleviating poverty, child sponsorship struck me as an old-fashioned model for giving, in which a few select children essentially walked through a breadline to receive meals, school supplies, and medical attention from faraway white “saviors” whose first-world guilt was eased by letters ensuring that their contributions made a difference. I worried that child sponsorship created dependency and that families were forced to...